diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 06568f9..012c5e1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   - sudo apt-get install -y libxfixes-dev
 
 install:
-  - git clone https://github.com/01org/libva.git
+  - git clone -b v1.8-branch https://github.com/01org/libva.git
   - (cd libva && ./autogen.sh && ./configure --prefix=/usr && sudo make install)