diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 040cdf4..8ecdb6b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ language: python
 python:
     - 2.7
     - pypy
-install: python setup.py install
+before_install: pip freeze
+install:
+    - pip install -U "pip>=1.4" "setuptools>=0.9" "wheel>=0.21"
+    - python setup.py sdist bdist_egg bdist_wheel
+    - python setup.py install
 script:
     - python test_unittest.py