diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6c14fcd0..289076ae 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ matrix:
       env: HOST=i386-pc-linux-gnu
 
 before_script:
+  - sudo apt-get update
   - sudo apt-get install dejagnu texinfo
   - if [ "$HOST" = i386-pc-linux-gnu ] ; then sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib g++-multilib && CC="$CC -m32" && CXX="$CXX -m32" ; fi