diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2ae4399d..8cdedc3b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ php:
   - 5.3
 script: phpunit --coverage-clover=coverage.clover
 before_script:
-  - composer phpunit/dbunit
+  - composer require phpunit/dbunit
   - mysql -e 'create database alternc_test DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_general_ci;'
   - cd phpunit
   - which phpunit