diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6dfc507f..2413e422 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ install:
   - gem install ceedling
       
 before_script:
+  - wget -O /tmp/riscv-toolchain.tgz https://github.com/xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-embed-gcc-xpack/releases/download/v8.3.0-1.1/xpack-riscv-none-embed-gcc-8.3.0-1.1-linux-x64.tgz
+  - tar -xzf /tmp/riscv-toolchain.tgz
+  - export PATH=$PWD/xPacks/riscv-none-embed-gcc/8.3.0-1.1/bin:$PATH
   - arm-none-eabi-gcc --version
+  - riscv-none-embed-gcc --version
 
 script:
   # Build all examples