diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 274d14c1..19abc8c1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 language: python
 python:
   - "2.7"
+RUN apt-get install python-prct
 addons:
   apt:
     packages:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c55e5cf1..034d2a86 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-python_prctl
+#python_prctl
 psutil
 pycrypto