diff --git a/.travis/build.sh b/.travis/build.sh
index dd8d7fe65..25daad443 100755
--- a/.travis/build.sh
+++ b/.travis/build.sh
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ buildXkbCommon() {
   git clone https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon.git
 
   cd "$EXTERNAL/libxkbcommon"
+  git checkout xkbcommon-0.8.4
   ./autogen.sh --prefix=$XKB_PATH
   make $MAKE_ARGS
   sudo make install