diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5f5ee4f3bd86f3f7d6cfce4e99453f68f0673eab..4d4e26c9df519c7d708e779401b5076878af022d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ compiler:
 
 addons:
   apt:
+    sources:
+    - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
     packages:
     - language-pack-is
     - git-svn
     - apache2
+    - gcc-8
 
 matrix:
   include:
diff --git a/ci/lib-travisci.sh b/ci/lib-travisci.sh
index 109ef280da9884027f17fe7f233b6b818bd71393..ceecc889caf9fc3af038ffa4179056291e90b704 100755
--- a/ci/lib-travisci.sh
+++ b/ci/lib-travisci.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ export DEFAULT_TEST_TARGET=prove
 export GIT_PROVE_OPTS="--timer --jobs 3 --state=failed,slow,save"
 export GIT_TEST_OPTS="--verbose-log -x"
 export GIT_TEST_CLONE_2GB=YesPlease
+if [ "$jobname" = linux-gcc ]; then
+	export CC=gcc-8
+fi
 
 case "$jobname" in
 linux-clang|linux-gcc)