diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 85f53bcd3..58edddeb4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 language: java
+dist: trusty   # Xenial build environment won't allow installation of Java 8
 jdk:
 - oraclejdk8