diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4f54bf8a..b4dc782a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ install:
   # Install dependencies according to:
   # apt-cache showsrc awesome | grep -E '^(Version|Build-Depends)'
   - sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev xmlto asciidoc libpango1.0-dev cmake gperf luadoc libxcb-xtest0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-image0-dev libev-dev libimlib2-dev libdbus-1-dev libxdg-basedir-dev libstartup-notification0-dev imagemagick libxcb1-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcursor-dev libx11-xcb-dev
+
   # Install Lua (per env).
   - sudo apt-get install liblua${LUAPKG}-dev lua${LUAPKG}
 
@@ -59,6 +60,15 @@ install:
   - sudo ldconfig
   - cd ..
 
+  # For missing libxcbcommon-dev/libxcbcommon-x11-dev (PR #227).
+  - git clone --recursive --depth 1 https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon.git
+  - cd libxkbcommon
+  - ./autogen.sh
+  - ./configure
+  - sudo make install
+  - sudo ldconfig
+  - cd ..
+
   # lgi: is too old on travis, install it via luarocks.
   # - sudo apt-get install -qq lua-lgi
   - sudo apt-get install -qq gir1.2-pango-1.0