diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b9ea312d7c42e7d075bea6ceb82302126b6b0581..f4bb32d70af8ebcde428dc7fc55672f230e3a25b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ script:
   - mkdir build
   - cd build
   - export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/tmp/_ci/install
-  - cmake .. -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION
+  - cmake .. -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=$($PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_inc; print(get_python_inc())") -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=$($PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION -c "import distutils.sysconfig as sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'))")
   - make
   - ./extra_lib
   - cd /tmp/_ci/build