diff --git a/scripts/travis-linux.sh b/scripts/travis-linux.sh
index 4c402b797..4d5986788 100644
--- a/scripts/travis-linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-linux.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 set -o errexit
 
+#enable ipv6
+echo '{"ipv6":true, "fixed-cidr-v6":"2001:db8:1::/64"}' | sudo tee /etc/docker/daemon.json
+sudo service docker restart
+
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y liblxc1 lxc-dev lxc shellcheck
 apt-get install -y qemu