diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d8905bb..320961d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 language: java
+
+dist: trusty
+sudo: required
+
 jdk:
   - openjdk7
   - oraclejdk8
+
+before_script: openssl s_client -CApath /etc/ssl/certs/ -connect plugins.gradle.org:443 </dev/null | sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p' > /tmp/gradle.crt; sudo keytool -importcert -noprompt -file /tmp/gradle.crt -trustcacerts -keystore $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/cacerts -alias root -storepass changeit;
+
 script: for mod in cadc-cdp cadc-cdp-server cadc-cert-gen; do cd $mod; gradle assemble check install || break -1; cd ..; done