diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 791e105..22e83d4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update
 install:
   - sudo apt-get install g++-4.8 gcc-4.8
+  - export CC=gcc-4.8
+  - export CXX=g++-4.
   - curl -O https://capnproto.org/capnproto-c++-0.5.1.tar.gz
   - tar zxf capnproto-c++-0.5.1.tar.gz
+  - ./configure && make -j5 && sudo make install && cd ../..
+
   - cd capnproto-c++-0.5.1 && ./configure && make -j5 && sudo make install && cd ..
 script:
   - make CXX=g++-4.8 CXX_FLAGS="-std=c++11 -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -lcapnp -lkj"