diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 530766a69..6c66fc8f6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ language: c
 
 before_install:
     - sudo apt-get update -qq
-    - sudo apt-get -y build-dep weechat
+    - sudo mk-build-deps -i debian/control
 
 script:
     - mkdir build;cd build