diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6b29a49e..1a1b3701 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 sudo: true
 
+language: python
+python:
+    - "2.6"
+
 before_script:
   - sudo apt-get update
   - sudo apt-get install gfortran liblapack-dev zip