diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5652e3517..467fce0a5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ install:
     # Temporary solution for Travis CI multiprocessing issue #943
     # https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/943
     - sudo rm -rf /dev/shm && sudo ln -s /run/shm /dev/shm
+    # Work around https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/5485
+    - travis_retry pip install setuptools==29.0.1