diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 064273a..bbd8479 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ install:
         exit 1
       fi
     else
-      (curl -SL https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zsh/zsh/$TEST_ZSH/zsh-$TEST_ZSH.tar.xz | tar -xf -
+      (curl -SL https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zsh/zsh/$TEST_ZSH/zsh-$TEST_ZSH.tar.xz | tar --xz -xf -
       cd zsh-$TEST_ZSH
       ./configure && sudo make && sudo make install)
     fi