diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 75be95bf..62e376a2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: android
 jdk: oraclejdk8
-sudo: false
+sudo: required
 
 cache:
   directories:
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ android:
 
 before_script:
   - echo no | android create avd --force -n test -t android-$EMULATOR_SDK_LEVEL --abi $ABI --tag $TAG
-  - emulator -avd test -no-skin -no-audio -no-window &
+  - emulator -avd test -no-audio -no-window &
   - android-wait-for-emulator
   - adb shell input keyevent 82 &
 
 script:
-  - travis_wait 60 ./gradlew clean jacocoDebugTestReport -PdisablePreDex --stacktrace
+  - travis_wait 60 ./gradlew clean jacocoDebugTestReport --stacktrace
 
 after_success:
   - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9991176b..14f65f8b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ subprojects {
 }
 
 ext {
+    travisBuild = System.getenv("TRAVIS") == "true"
+    // allows for -Dpre-dex=false to be set
+    preDexEnabled = "true".equals(System.getProperty("pre-dex", "true"))
+
     GROUP = "com.isupatches"
     VERSION_NAME = "2.0.0"
 
diff --git a/wisefy/build.gradle b/wisefy/build.gradle
index 30457742..f32957ed 100644
--- a/wisefy/build.gradle
+++ b/wisefy/build.gradle
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ dexcount {
 
 android {
 
+    dexOptions {
+        // Skip pre-dexing when running on Travis CI or when disabled via -Dpre-dex=false.
+        preDexLibraries = preDexEnabled && !travisBuild
+    }
+
     adbOptions {
         timeOutInMs 15 * 60 * 1000  // 15 minutes
         installOptions "-d","-t"