diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2d3d971b68c9..9f5faaeaa052 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ matrix:
     - compiler: clang
       env: LUA_VERSION=5.1
     - compiler: gcc
-      env: LUA_VERSION=5.1 COVERAGE=t ARGS="--with-pmix --enable-caliper --enable-pylint"
+      env: LUA_VERSION=5.1 COVERAGE=t ARGS="--with-flux-security --with-pmix --enable-caliper --enable-pylint"
     - compiler: gcc
       env: LUA_VERSION=5.1 T_INSTALL=t
     - compiler: clang
-      env: LUA_VERSION=5.1 CPPCHECK=t ARGS="--with-pmix --enable-sanitizer" CC=clang-3.8 CXX=clang++-3.8
+      env: LUA_VERSION=5.1 CPPCHECK=t ARGS="--with-flux-security --with-pmix --enable-sanitizer" CC=clang-3.8 CXX=clang++-3.8
     - compiler: gcc
-      env: LUA_VERSION=5.2 CC=gcc-4.9 ARGS="--with-pmix" chain_lint=t
+      env: LUA_VERSION=5.2 CC=gcc-4.9 ARGS="--with-flux-security --with-pmix" chain_lint=t
     - compiler: clang
-      env: LUA_VERSION=5.2 ARGS="--with-pmix --enable-caliper" CC=clang-3.8 CXX=clang++-3.8
+      env: LUA_VERSION=5.2 ARGS="--with-flux-security --with-pmix --enable-caliper" CC=clang-3.8 CXX=clang++-3.8
       
 cache:
   directories:
diff --git a/src/test/travis-dep-builder.sh b/src/test/travis-dep-builder.sh
index 37d002603f3b..b034cbe887a7 100755
--- a/src/test/travis-dep-builder.sh
+++ b/src/test/travis-dep-builder.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ltp/lcov-1.10.tar.gz \
 http://www.open-mpi.org/software/hwloc/v1.11/downloads/hwloc-1.11.1.tar.gz \
 https://github.com/pmix/pmix/releases/download/v3.0.0/pmix-3.0.0.tar.gz \
 http://www.digip.org/jansson/releases/jansson-2.9.tar.gz \
+https://github.com/flux-framework/flux-security/releases/download/v0.2.0/flux-security-0.2.0.tar.gz \
 http://www.mpich.org/static/downloads/3.1.4/mpich-3.1.4.tar.gz \
 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.tar.gz \
 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.15.tar.gz \