diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1a6c2a2f..114782fe 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 language: python
+dist: xenial # Python 3.7 requires xenial because of dependencies
 
 python:
     - "3.5"