diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b8cae24..91101a9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ compiler: gcc
 env:
   global:
     - UNATTENDED="--assume-yes"
+    - FORCE_REINSTALL="--reinstall"
 
 #addons:
 #  apt:
diff --git a/buildScripts/getDevLibraries b/buildScripts/getDevLibraries
index 6631536..a32a956 100755
--- a/buildScripts/getDevLibraries
+++ b/buildScripts/getDevLibraries
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ sudo apt-get $UNATTENDED install	\
   libpango1.0-dev			\
   liblcms2-dev				\
   libxml2-dev				\
-  libuninameslist-dev			\
-  libpython-dev
+  libuninameslist-dev
+
+sudo apt-get $UNATTENDED $FORCE_REINSTALL install	\
+  libpython2.7-dev
diff --git a/buildScripts/travisEnvs b/buildScripts/travisEnvs
index 35d2199..3f8da7a 100644
--- a/buildScripts/travisEnvs
+++ b/buildScripts/travisEnvs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 
 export MAKE_PARALLEL="-j `nproc`"
-
+export FORCE_REINSTALL=--reinstall