diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 73758ee..e6ea3f3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,28 +3,38 @@ services:
     - couchdb
     - redis-server
 perl:
+    - "5.24"
+    - "5.22"
+    - "5.20"
+    - "5.18"
+    - "5.16"
     - "5.14"
 sudo: false
 before_install:
+    - git clone git://github.com/travis-perl/helpers ~/travis-perl-helpers
+    - source ~/travis-perl-helpers/init
+    - build-perl
+    - perl -V
     # install prereqs
-    - "cpanm Test::Most"
-    - "cpanm Test::Exception"
-    - "cpanm Test::NoWarnings"
-    - "cpanm Test::MockModule"
-    - "cpanm CouchDB::Client"
-    - "cpanm LWP::UserAgent"
-    - "cpanm Cache::RedisDB"
-    - "cpanm Exception::Class"
-    - "cpanm Moose"
-    - "cpanm MooseX::StrictConstructor"
-    - "cpanm namespace::autoclean"
-    - "cpanm CouchDB::Client"
-    - "cpanm Net::SSL"
-    - "cpanm LWP::UserAgent"
-    - "cpanm HTTP::Request"
-    - "cpanm HTTP::Headers"
-    - "cpanm Try::Tiny"
-    - "cpanm IO::Socket::SSL"
-    - "cpanm Devel::Cover::Report::Coveralls"
+    - "cpanm -n Test::Most"
+    - "cpanm -n Test::Exception"
+    - "cpanm -n Test::NoWarnings"
+    - "cpanm -n Test::MockModule"
+    - "cpanm -n CouchDB::Client"
+    - "cpanm -n LWP::UserAgent"
+    - "cpanm -n Cache::RedisDB"
+    - "cpanm -n Exception::Class"
+    - "cpanm -n Moose"
+    - "cpanm -n MooseX::StrictConstructor"
+    - "cpanm -n namespace::autoclean"
+    - "cpanm -n CouchDB::Client"
+    - "cpanm -n Net::SSL"
+    - "cpanm -n LWP::UserAgent"
+    - "cpanm -n HTTP::Request"
+    - "cpanm -n HTTP::Headers"
+    - "cpanm -n Try::Tiny"
+    - "cpanm -n IO::Socket::SSL"
+    - "cpanm -n Devel::Cover::Report::Coveralls"
 script:
-    perl Makefile.PL && make test && cover -test -report coveralls
\ No newline at end of file
+    perl Makefile.PL && make test && cover -test -report coveralls
+