diff --git a/test/travis/before_script.sh b/test/travis/before_script.sh
index 9cc6f7a3..101ae202 100755
--- a/test/travis/before_script.sh
+++ b/test/travis/before_script.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# Run this as before_script in the travis file
+apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+  libfcgi-dev 
+
 git clone https://github.com/olofhagsand/cligen.git
 (cd cligen && ./configure && make && sudo make install)