diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d729bdf..88a1508 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ services:
 
 go_import_path: "github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container"
 
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - downloads
+
 before_install:
   - curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
   - sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"