diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a74d4fb4..82b379b6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ install:
 - gem install travis-artifacts
 before_script:
 - export JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx2048m
+- sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1024 count=1048576
+- sudo mkswap swapfile
+- sudo swapon swapfile
+- free -m
 script:
 - ./build-ndk.sh
 - wget https://raw.github.com/paulp/sbt-extras/master/sbt