diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2883eb62fc..2331fd99d3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ before_install:
       svn checkout https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wordpress-importer/trunk tests/phpunit/data/plugins/wordpress-importer
   fi
 before_script:
+- npm install -g npm
 - npm install -g grunt-cli
 - npm install
 script: grunt $WP_TRAVISCI