diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5cc0437..bb3c5bc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ before_script:
 
 install:
   - sudo apt-get update -y
-  - sudo apt-get install -y libleveldb-dev libgeos-dev libprotobuf-dev osmosis
+  - sudo apt-get install -y libgeos-dev libprotobuf-dev osmosis
+  - LEVELDB_VER=1.18
+  - curl -fsSL https://github.com/google/leveldb/archive/v${LEVELDB_VER}.tar.gz | tar -C ${HOME} -xzf -
+  - make -C ${HOME}/leveldb-${LEVELDB_VER} -j2
+  - sudo mv ${HOME}/leveldb-${LEVELDB_VER}/libleveldb* /usr/lib
+  - sudo cp -a ${HOME}/leveldb-${LEVELDB_VER}/include/leveldb /usr/include
   - go get github.com/tools/godep
 
 script: make
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