diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 75f319fa..b0c9d7b0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dist: trusty
-sudo: false
+sudo: true
 
 addons:
   apt:
@@ -29,10 +29,17 @@ env:
   - OPTS="--without-lmdb $OPTS"
   - OPTS="--without-ssdeep $OPTS"
   - OPTS="--without-lua $OPTS"
+  - OPTS="--without-maxmind $OPTS"
 
 before_script:
+  - echo $TRAVIS_OS_NAME
   - '[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != osx ] || brew update'
   - '[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != osx ] || brew install cppcheck'
+  - '[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != osx ] || brew install libmaxminddb'
+  - '[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != linux ] || sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:maxmind/ppa'
+  - '[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != linux ] || sudo apt-get update'
+  - '[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != linux ] || sudo apt-cache search maxmind'
+  - '[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != linux ] || sudo apt-get install -y libmaxminddb-dev'
 
 script:
   - ./build.sh