diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5277855..38ab64d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 sudo: required
 
 env:
-  - TRAVIS_DEBIAN_DISTRIBUTION=unstable TRAVIS_DEBIAN_SECURITY_UPDATES=false
-  - TRAVIS_DEBIAN_DISTRIBUTION=testing
+  - TRAVIS_DEBIAN_DISTRIBUTION=unstable TRAVIS_DEBIAN_MIRROR="http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/" TRAVIS_DEBIAN_SECURITY_UPDATES=false
+  - TRAVIS_DEBIAN_DISTRIBUTION=testing  TRAVIS_DEBIAN_MIRROR="http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/"
+  - TRAVIS_DEBIAN_DISTRIBUTION=stable   TRAVIS_DEBIAN_MIRROR="http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/"
 
 services:
   - docker
 
+before_script:
+  # fetch all tags (not done due travis cloning with depth=50)
+  - git fetch --tags
+
 script:
   # build the debian package
   - wget -O- http://travis.debian.net/script.sh | sh -