diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 10d9ebeae..80c5eba96 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 language: cpp
 before_script:
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - sudo apt-get install -y python-dev python-numpy-dev cython gfortran libsundials-serial-dev liblapack-dev libblas-dev libboost-thread-dev python3-dev python3-numpy-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install -y python-dev python-numpy-dev gfortran libsundials-serial-dev liblapack-dev libblas-dev libboost-thread-dev
+  - wget https://github.com/msabramo/cython/releases/download/0.19.1/Cython-0.19.1-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl
+  - sudo pip install Cython-0.19.1-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl
 script:
-  - scons build VERBOSE=y blas_lapack_libs=lapack,blas build_thread_safe=y boost_thread_lib=boost_thread optimize=n
+  - scons build VERBOSE=y python_package=full python3_package=n blas_lapack_libs=lapack,blas build_thread_safe=y boost_thread_lib=boost_thread optimize=n
   - scons test