diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c7cdd3f3..522e5a2d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,14 @@ env:
 language: node_js
 node_js:
   - "0.10"
-  - "6"
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - node_js: "6"
+      addons:
+        sources:
+        - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+        packages:
+        - g++-4.8
+      env:
+      - CXX=g++-4.8