diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dc6283849..0b04df4ce 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ before_install:
       eval "$(pyenv init -)";
       PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-framework" pyenv install --skip-existing --keep --verbose "$PYTHON_VER";
       pyenv shell "$PYTHON_VER";
+      pip install wheel
     fi
   - which python
   - which pip