diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bda0de6d61..3a648bb2dc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ install:
   - sudo apt-get install -qq libboost-all-dev
   - sudo apt-get --reinstall install -qq language-pack-en language-pack-fr
   - git clone https://github.com/google/googletest -b release-1.8.0 ~/gtest
-script: ./autogen.sh && ./configure GTEST_ROOT=~/gtest/googletest GMOCK_ROOT=~/gtest/googlemock && make && TZ="America/Los_Angeles" make check
+script: ./autogen.sh && ./configure --enable-python GTEST_ROOT=~/gtest/googletest GMOCK_ROOT=~/gtest/googlemock && make && TZ="America/Los_Angeles" make check