diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a4dfefa..10e4a6d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ install:
 before_script:
   - mkdir build
   - export BUILD_DIR=$PWD/build
+  - export CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc-5
+  - export CXX=/usr/local/bin/g++-5
   - wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.8/cmake-3.8.1.tar.gz -O /tmp/cmake.tar.gz
   - mkdir /tmp/cmake
   - tar -xzf /tmp/cmake.tar.gz -C /tmp/cmake