diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 71c1e27..b112196 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ before_install:
   - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:staticfloat/$JULIAVERSION -y
   - sudo apt-get update -qq -y
   - sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev julia -y
+  - if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
 script:
   - julia -e 'Pkg.init()'
   - julia -e 'Pkg.add("BinDeps"); Pkg.checkout("BinDeps")' # latest master needed for Pacman support