diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index aef900b7..43693e0f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,36 +1,37 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc., 2012 - 2015 YCSB contributors. 
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 # may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 # may obtain a copy of the License at
 #
 # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 #
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 # implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 # permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 # LICENSE file.
 
 # more info here about TravisCI and Java projects
 # http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/java/
 
 language: java
 
 jdk:
+  - oraclejdk8
   - oraclejdk7
   - openjdk7  
   
 install: mvn install -q -DskipTests=true
 
 script: mvn test -q
 
 # Services to start for tests.
 services:
   - mongodb
 
 
 # Use the Container based infrastructure.
 sudo: false