diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1a63afe..cad3072 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ install:
   - mv example_remote-client/addons.make.norpi example_remote-client/addons.make
   - mv example_remote-server/addons.make.norpi example_remote-server/addons.make
   - mv example_simpler/addons.make.norpi example_simpler/addons.make
+  - if [ "$TARGET" == "osx" ]; then
+      brew install sdl2
+    elif [ "$TARGET" == "linux64" ]; then
+      sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev
+    fi
 
 script:
   - cd ~/openFrameworks