diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 46dbe7944..553f71e58 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ env:
         - CORE_BRANCH=stable11 DB=mysql 
 
 before_install:
+    - wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-5.7.phar
+    - chmod +x phpunit-5.7.phar
+    - mkdir bin
+    - sudo mv phpunit-5.7.phar bin/phpunit
+    - export PATH="$PWD/bin:$PATH"
+    - phpunit --version
     - wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/travis_ci/master/before_install.sh
     - bash ./before_install.sh deck $CORE_BRANCH $DB
     - cd ../server