diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 632c67e..ecbae82 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ python:
   - "2.6"
   - "2.7"
 install:
+  - mkdir -p buildout-cache/downloads
   - python bootstrap.py -c travis.cfg
   - bin/buildout -N -c travis.cfg
 before_script: curl https://raw.github.com/moliware/travis-solr/master/travis-solr.sh | SOLR_VERSION=3.6.2 SOLR_CONFS="testing-conf/schema.xml testing-conf/solrconfig.xml" SOLR_DOCS= bash