diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5a066d640db..e642e7544c5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+# TODO(mberlin): Travis will break this configuration on Sep 5, 2017.
+# Moving off the container based infrastructure (sudo: required) may buy us more time.
+# But we should move to Docker based tests eventually.
+# See their announcement: https://blog.travis-ci.com/2017-07-11-trusty-as-default-linux-is-coming
+dist: precise
 # Use container-based infrastructure (see: http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/workers/container-based-infrastructure/).
 sudo: false
 language: go
 go:
   - 1.8
+go_import_path: github.com/youtube/vitess
 addons:
   apt:
     sources: