diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c0bacdb8..f06a16c5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ php:
  - 5.6
  - 5.5
 
+services: memcached
+
 before_script:
  - wget http://getcomposer.org/composer.phar
  - php composer.phar install --dev --no-interaction