diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3d00762..01bde08 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ install: "pip install -r requirements.txt"
 before_install:
   - "export DISPLAY=:99.0"
   - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
+  - "export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive"
+  - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:couchdb/stable -qy
+  - sudo apt-get update -qy
+  - sudo apt-get install python-software-properties couchdb -qy
 
 services:
   - couchdb
@@ -15,4 +19,4 @@ services:
 before_script:
   - curl -X PUT localhost:5984/njb_tests
 
-script: python run-tests.py
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+script: python run-tests.py