diff --git a/.ci/before_install.sh b/.ci/before_install.sh
index ff867e8a3..ba9ee7671 100755
--- a/.ci/before_install.sh
+++ b/.ci/before_install.sh
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ ln -s "$(which gcc-4.8)" bin/cc
 ln -s "$(which gcc-4.8)" bin/gcc
 ln -s "$(which c++-4.8)" bin/c++
 ln -s "$(which g++-4.8)" bin/g++
+
+# Travis only makes a shallow clone of --depth=50. KOReader is small enough that
+# we can just grab it all. This is necessary to generate the version number,
+# without which some tests will fail.
+git fetch --unshallow