diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 387367a2305e7bf582e29538ab9e51571b9ae75b..d1e5080f68e0ae39795ecfef551d170737c4dbe8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-language: cpp
+language: go
+go:
+  - 1.8
+
 cache:
   directories:
     - $HOME/third_party