diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 22f770a4243..5594528efc0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@ env:
   - SUBTARGET=arcade MAME=mamearcade64
   - SUBTARGET=mess   MAME=mess64
 script:
+  - source /opt/qt55/bin/qt55-env.sh
   - if [ $CC == 'clang' ];
-    then make -j2 linux_x64_clang OPT_FLAGS="-fPIE" && ./$MAME -validate;
-    else make -j2 OPTIMIZE=0 OPT_FLAGS="-fPIE"      && ./$MAME -validate;
+    then make -j2 linux_x64_clang OPT_FLAGS="-fPIC" && ./$MAME -validate;
+    else make -j2 OPTIMIZE=0 OPT_FLAGS="-fPIC"      && ./$MAME -validate;
     fi
 sudo: required
 before_install:
   - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zoogie/sdl2-snapshots -y
-  - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa -y
+  - sudo apt-add-repository ppa:beineri/opt-qt55 -y
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - sudo apt-get install -y libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libasound2-dev qtbase5-dev qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools
+  - sudo apt-get install -y libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libasound2-dev qt55base qt55tools
 notifications:
   email: false