diff --git a/examples/travis_gem/vagga.yaml b/examples/travis_gem/vagga.yaml
index d627221b..cd2fb232 100644
--- a/examples/travis_gem/vagga.yaml
+++ b/examples/travis_gem/vagga.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ containers:
   travis:
     setup:
     - !Ubuntu xenial
+    - !UbuntuUniverse
+    - !BuildDeps [autoconf, automake, autotools-dev, autogen, libtool, libltdl-dev]
     - !GemInstall [travis]
 
 commands: