diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dbd317c..a4998de 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,20 @@ before_install:
  - sudo sh cmake.sh --skip-license --exclude-subdir --prefix="${HOME}/cmake"
  - export PATH=~/cmake/bin:$PATH
  - cmake --version
+ # install google test
+ - mkdir -p ~/gtest
+ - cd ~/gtest
+ - wget https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.0.tar.gz
+ - tar xf release-1.8.0.tar.gz
+ - cd googletest-release-1.8.0
+ - cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON .
+ - make
+ - export GTEST_DIR=~/gtest
+ #- sudo cp -a include/gtest /usr/include
+ #- sudo cp -a libgtest_main.so libgtest.so /usr/lib/
 
 script:
+ - cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - cmake ../test/