diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e89bdbbf1..55f40d1c8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sudo: false
+sudo: true
 os:
 - linux
 language: python
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ addons:
     - libdw-dev
     - binutils-dev
 install:
-- wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ta-lib/ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz
-- tar zxvf ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz
-- cd ta-lib && ./configure && sudo make && sudo make install && cd ..
+- ./install_ta-lib.sh
 - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 - pip install flake8 coveralls
 - pip install -r requirements.txt
@@ -34,4 +32,5 @@ notifications:
     secure: 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
 cache:
   directories:
-    - $HOME/.cache/pip
\ No newline at end of file
+    - $HOME/.cache/pip
+    - ta-lib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install_ta-lib.sh b/install_ta-lib.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..10118a819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install_ta-lib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+if [ ! -f "ta-lib/CHANGELOG.TXT" ]; then
+  wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ta-lib/ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz
+  tar zxvf ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz
+  cd ta-lib && ./configure && make && sudo make install && cd ..
+else
+  echo "TA-lib already installed, skipping download and build."
+  cd ta-lib && sudo make install && cd ..
+fi