diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 12af9cd9a..edfa06bec 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 language: cpp
+
+before_install:
+  - "export DISPLAY=:99.0"
+  - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
+
 install:
   - sudo apt-get -qq update
   - sudo apt-get -qq install libqt4-dev libqt4-webkit libqt4-sql-sqlite libssl-dev pkg-config libhunspell-dev
+
 script:
   - qmake
   - make