diff --git a/buildutils/setup_travis.sh b/buildutils/setup_travis.sh
index c014767..9612776 100755
--- a/buildutils/setup_travis.sh
+++ b/buildutils/setup_travis.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -euxo pipefail
+
 sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
 sudo apt-get -qq update
 sudo apt-get -qq install g++-4.8 libstdc++-4.8-dev