diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2a0e7cf..ccfe3d7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 language: python
-python:
-  - "3.7"
+# Enable python 3.7 without globally enabling sudo and dist: xenial for other build jobs
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - python: 3.7
+      dist: xenial
+      sudo: true
 install:
   - pip install pipenv
   - pipenv install --dev