diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 50fb3fb36..0493fb4cc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,12 @@ jdk:
 
 notifications:
   email: adriaan.moors@lightbend.com
+
+before_cache:
+  - find $HOME/.sbt -name "*.lock" | xargs rm
+  - find $HOME/.ivy2/cache -name "ivydata-*.properties" | xargs rm
+cache:
+  directories:
+  - $HOME/.ivy2/cache
+  - $HOME/.sbt/boot
+  - $HOME/.sbt/launchers