diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9098888a..c8524373 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -88,8 +88,31 @@ matrix:
             - tesseract-ocr-eng
             - tesseract-ocr-fra
             - unpaper
+    - os: linux
+      dist: xenial
+      sudo: required
+      language: python
+      python: "3.8"
+      env:
+        - DIST=xenial
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          update: true
+          sources:
+            - sourceline: "ppa:alex-p/tesseract-ocr"
+          packages:
+            - ghostscript
+            - libexempi3
+            - libffi-dev
+            - pngquant
+            - poppler-utils
+            - qpdf
+            - tesseract-ocr
+            - tesseract-ocr-deu
+            - tesseract-ocr-eng
+            - tesseract-ocr-fra
+            - unpaper
     - os: osx
-      osx_image: xcode9.2
       language: generic
       addons:
         homebrew: