diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0b7fd22d78..450ca398c6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ before_install:
       pip install coverage;
       pip install coveralls codecov;
       fi
+    - pip install https://github.com/cython/cython/archive/8f586aa97bcbb8c10d7ee34ff858d69329b0c4af.zip --install-option=--no-cython-compile
 
 # command to install dependencies
 # e.g. pip install -r requirements.txt # --use-mirrors