diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3125906214..123a07d0a6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ before_script:
     else
       export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -DBRANCH=$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG/$TRAVIS_BRANCH/#$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST";
     fi;
-  - cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr;
-  - make -j 3
+  - cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -G Ninja;
+  - ninja
   - # AppImage generation
   - if [ -n "$UPLOAD_URL" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = "master" ] && [ "$CC" = "clang-4.0" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" = false ]; then
       export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/Qt/5.9.3/gcc_64/lib;
-      make DESTDIR=appdir install ; find appdir/ ;
+      DESTDIR=appdir ninja install ; find appdir/ ;
       find ../bin ;
       wget -c "https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeployqt-continuous-x86_64.AppImage" ; 
       chmod a+x linuxdeployqt*.AppImage ;
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ addons:
     packages:
       - binutils
       - cmake
+      - ninja-build
       - libasound2-dev
       - libopenal-dev
       - freeglut3-dev