diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fbbb6db79..1adb825dc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ go:
   - "1.12.x"
 
 env:
-  - TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runc.v1 TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1
-  - TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runc.v2 TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1
-  - TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runtime.v1.linux TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1
+  - TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runc.v1 TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1 TRAVIS_DISTRO=bionic
+  - TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runc.v2 TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1 TRAVIS_DISTRO=bionic
+  - TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runtime.v1.linux TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1 TRAVIS_DISTRO=bionic
   - TRAVIS_GOOS=darwin TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=0
 
 matrix:
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ matrix:
     - if: branch = master
       os: linux
       dist: xenial
-      env: TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runc.v1 TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1
+      env: TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runc.v1 TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1 TRAVIS_DISTRO=xenial
     - if: branch = master
       os: linux
       dist: xenial
-      env: TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runc.v2 TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1
+      env: TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runc.v2 TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1 TRAVIS_DISTRO=xenial
     - if: branch = master
       os: linux
       dist: xenial
-      env: TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runtime.v1.linux TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1
+      env: TRAVIS_GOOS=linux TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runtime.v1.linux TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED=1 TRAVIS_DISTRO=xenial
 
 go_import_path: github.com/containerd/containerd