diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 49cda0f..7e68d52 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ compiler:
   - gcc
   - clang
 before_script:
-  - wget http://googletest.googlecode.com/files/gtest-1.7.0.zip
-  - unzip -q gtest-1.7.0.zip
-  - cd gtest-1.7.0
-  - ./configure
+  - sudo apt-get install -y cmake
+  - wget https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.0.zip
+  - unzip -q gtest-1.8.0.zip
+  - cd gtest-1.8.0
+  - cmake .
   - make
   - cd ..
 script:
   - cd examples
   - scons
   - cd ../test
-  - GTEST_ROOT=$PWD/../gtest-1.7.0 scons check
+  - scons check