diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f41e11137..41d66ce91 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ sudo: false
 env:
   - YTDL_TEST_SET=core
   - YTDL_TEST_SET=download
+install:
+    - mkdir travis-phantomjs
+    - wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.0.0-ubuntu-12.04.tar.bz2 -O $PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.0.0-ubuntu-12.04.tar.bz2
+    - tar -xvf $PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.0.0-ubuntu-12.04.tar.bz2 -C $PWD/travis-phantomjs
+    - export PATH=$PWD/travis-phantomjs:$PATH
 script: ./devscripts/run_tests.sh
 notifications:
   email: