diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 37ec1434..73006815 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ env:
 before_script:
   - psql -c "create database lemur;" -U postgres
   - psql -c "create user lemur with password 'lemur;'" -U postgres
+  - psql -c "CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm" -U postgres
   - npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org
   - npm install -g bower
   - pip install --upgrade setuptools