diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fa10c6c90..c88bc8595 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ python:
     - 3.5.1  # Set to 3.5.1 since travis has not yet included as default for 3.5
     - 2.7
 
-sudo: false
+sudo: required
 
 env:
   global:
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
     - pip install -f travis-wheels/wheelhouse file://$PWD#egg=notebook[test]
+    - wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/1.19.1/pandoc-1.19.1-1-amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i pandoc-1.19.1-1-amd64.deb
+
 
 script:
     - 'if [[ $GROUP == js* ]]; then travis_retry python -m notebook.jstest ${GROUP:3}; fi'