diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fcd93b3ae2f7897a0338b76227b0ae8bc0a00bd4..09c4c9e82975df89dd3e4979c9c118b4e0756b4a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   - conda config --add channels conda-forge
-  - conda install -c conda-forge libgdal gdal numpy
+  - conda install -c conda-forge libgdal gdal numpy xerces-c
   - conda install -q h5py pandas sqlalchemy pyyaml networkx affine protobuf scipy pvl
   # Development installation
   - conda install -q pytest pytest-cov sh coveralls nbsphinx