diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7b5413d8c6..85a1f7a074 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ matrix:
 services: mongodb
 
 before_script:
-    - sudo apt-get install parallel
+    - travis_retry sudo apt-get install parallel
     - sh -c 'if [ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "hhvm" ]; then echo "" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/conf.d/xdebug.ini; fi;'
     - sh -c 'if [ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "hhvm" ]; then echo "extension = mongo.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini; fi;'
     - sh -c 'if [ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "hhvm" ] && [ $(php -r "echo PHP_MINOR_VERSION;") -le 4 ]; then echo "extension = apc.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini; fi;'