diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c57abdd..bddeb89 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+language: c
+
+install: ./.travis_install_deps.sh
+
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get -qq update
-  - sudo apt-get install -y libssh-dev libmicrohttpd-dev libsqlite3-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install -y libssh-dev libsqlite3-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev
 
 script: make www
 
diff --git a/.travis_install_deps.sh b/.travis_install_deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0ddb19f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis_install_deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd-0.9.59.tar.gz
+tar xzf libmicrohttpd-0.9.59.tar.gz
+cd libmicrohttpd-0.9.59
+./configure
+make
+make install