diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cf25d3016..3d88d6dac 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ python:
     - 2.7
 env:
     - BUILDENV=lucid
+    - BUILDENV=precise
     - BUILDENV=latest
 install:
     - pip install --use-mirrors -r .travis/requirements-$BUILDENV.txt
 script:
-    - trial scrapy
+    - trial scrapy scrapyd
diff --git a/.travis/requirements-precise.txt b/.travis/requirements-precise.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb1fbac9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/requirements-precise.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pyOpenSSL==0.12
+lxml==2.3.2
+twisted==11.1.0
+boto==2.2.2
+.