diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a3c37fab6..d827432bc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ before_install:
     - git clone --quiet --depth 1 https://github.com/minrk/travis-wheels travis-wheels
 install:
     - pip install -f travis-wheels/wheelhouse --pre -e . codecov nose_warnings_filters
-    - pip install -f travis-wheels/wheelhouse ipykernel[test]
+    - pip install -f travis-wheels/wheelhouse ipykernel[test] nose-timer
     - python -c 'import ipykernel.kernelspec; ipykernel.kernelspec.install(user=True)'
 script:
-    - nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package ipykernel ipykernel
+    - nosetests --with-coverage --with-timer --cover-package  ipykernel ipykernel
 after_success:
     - codecov