diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 827ea9bf9..c951c275c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 language: cpp
 
+dist: xenial
+
 sudo: false
 
 addons:
@@ -9,8 +11,7 @@ addons:
     packages:
       - tcsh
       - pkg-config
-      - netcdf-bin
-      - libnetcdf-dev
+      - netcdf-bin libnetcdf-dev libnetcdff-dev
       - gfortran
       - gcc
       - wget