diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6c862d559..ffc184e12 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ matrix:
 install:
     - travis_retry sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa
     - travis_retry sudo apt-get update
-    - travis_retry sudo apt-get install -qq bash-completion python-gi gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
+    - >
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get install -qq
+        bash-completion python-gi gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0
+        gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
     - travis_retry pip install tox sphinx
     - "[[ $TOX_ENV == 'py27' ]] && pip install coveralls || true"