diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5f1e0c213..bc59ce453 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 language: node_js
+env:
+  - CXX=g++-4.8
 node_js:
   - "5.1"
   - "4.2"