diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 33b0fa7f..5b0619e2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 language: python
 python: 2.7
+env:
+  - PIP_ACCEL_CACHE=$HOME/.pip-accel-cache
 cache:
     directories:
-        - $HOME/.cache/pip
+        - $HOME/.pip-accel-cache
 install:
-    - pip install coveralls
+    - pip install pip-accel
+    - pip-accel install coveralls
 script:
     - ./run_tests.sh
 services:
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index a2769b9b..21cc8031 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fi
 
 . $VENV/bin/activate
 
-pip install -r solar/test-requirements.txt --download-cache=/tmp/$JOB_NAME
+pip-accel install -r solar/test-requirements.txt
 
 pushd solar