diff --git a/tools/ci/travis-install-vectfit.sh b/tools/ci/travis-install-vectfit.sh
index b59f890db..343942e03 100755
--- a/tools/ci/travis-install-vectfit.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/travis-install-vectfit.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ XTENSOR_PYTHON_REPO='https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xtensor-python'
 XTENSOR_BLAS_BRANCH='0.17.1'
 XTENSOR_BLAS_REPO='https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xtensor-blas'
 
+sudo apt-get install -y libblas-dev liblapack-dev
 
 cd $HOME
 git clone -b $PYBIND_BRANCH $PYBIND_REPO