diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e41c369129..5ec40272b9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-  - "0.10"
+  - "4.0"
 cache:
   directories:
     - "dev_bundle"
@@ -9,3 +9,11 @@ cache:
 install: ./meteor --get-ready
 script: TEST_PACKAGES_EXCLUDE="less" ./packages/test-in-console/run.sh
 sudo: false
+env:
+  - CXX=g++-4.8
+addons:
+  apt:
+    sources:
+      - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+    packages:
+      - g++-4.8