diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c066ba9..62abd66 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ before_install:
         sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xcbcb082a1bb943db ;
         MARIADB_VER=`echo $DB | sed -e 's/mariadb-//'` ;
         sudo add-apt-repository ''"deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/${MARIADB_VER}/ubuntu precise main"'' ;
+        sudo cp test/travis/mariadb.pref /etc/apt/preferences.d/mariadb.pref ;
         sudo apt-get update ;
         sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -q --yes --force-yes -f --option DPkg::Options::=--force-confnew install mariadb-server ;
         sudo apt-get install libmariadbd-dev ;
diff --git a/test/travis/mariadb.pref b/test/travis/mariadb.pref
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d0eeab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/travis/mariadb.pref
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/installing-mariadb-deb-files/
+# /etc/apt/preferences.d/
+
+Package: *
+Pin: origin ftp.osuosl.org
+Pin-Priority: 1000