diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 834007621..3a9e45b74 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ matrix:
         - PHPCS=1
 
 before_script:
+  - sudo locale-gen de_DE
   - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'mysql' ]; then mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE cakephp_test;'; fi"
   - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'mysql' ]; then mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE cakephp_test2;'; fi"
   - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'mysql' ]; then mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE cakephp_test3;'; fi"