diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f412ddd0..5dcc0769 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ after_failure:
   - $ISLANDORA_DIR/tests/scripts/travis_after_failure.sh
 notifications:
   irc: "irc.freenode.org#islandora"
+sudo: required
diff --git a/tests/scripts/travis_setup.sh b/tests/scripts/travis_setup.sh
index db50a52d..bdb56ebc 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/travis_setup.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/travis_setup.sh
@@ -73,4 +73,12 @@ drush en --user=1 --yes islandora
 drush cc all
 # The shebang in this file is a bogeyman that is haunting the web test cases.
 rm /home/travis/.phpenv/rbenv.d/exec/hhvm-switcher.bash
-sleep 20
+
+# wait for Fedora to come up
+fedoraIsUp=1
+until [ $fedoraIsUp -eq "0" ]; do
+  echo "Waiting for Fedora to boot..."
+  sleep 10
+  (curl http://localhost:8080/fedora)
+  fedoraIsUp=$?
+done