diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d94215ddc..812e3356e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ branches:
 # install libjpeg-dev for PIL to handle JPEGs
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update -q -y
+  - sudo apt-get upgrade -q -y
   - sudo apt-get install -q -y libjpeg-dev
   - sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so /usr/lib
   - sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so /usr/lib
diff --git a/scripts/install_pil.sh b/scripts/install_pil.sh
index b3701549b..31e62ab16 100755
--- a/scripts/install_pil.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_pil.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ set -e
 set -u
 
 if python -c 'import sys; sys.exit(0 if sys.hexversion<0x03000000 else 1)'; then
-  pip install PIL
+  pip --allow-all-external install PIL
 fi