diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9b6410c7..19fd66c1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ install:
 
 script:
   - mkdir -p builddir && cd builddir && meson && ninja -v && sudo ninja install 
+  - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
+  - sudo ldconfig -v 
   - cd ../python
-#  - sudo pip install . 
-#  - sudo pip install pytest
-#  - pytest tests
+  - virtualenv venv
+  - source venv/bin/activate
+  - hash -r
+  - pip install -e . 
+  - pip install pytest
+  # - python -c 'import queue; print (queue)'
+  # import error with "queue", how can this happen? 
+  # - pytest tests
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 3e834d45..0685271e 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
     description='Python bindings for deltachat-core using CFFI',
     author='Delta Chat contributors',
     setup_requires=['cffi>=1.0.0'],
-    install_requires=['cffi>=1.0.0'],
+    install_requires=['cffi>=1.0.0', 'requests'],
     packages=setuptools.find_packages('src'),
     package_dir={'': 'src'},
     cffi_modules=['src/deltachat/_build.py:ffibuilder'],
diff --git a/python/tests/test_lowlevel.py b/python/tests/test_lowlevel.py
index 69e1169f..10f4d29e 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_lowlevel.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_lowlevel.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import deltachat
 import re
 from deltachat import capi
 from deltachat.capi import ffi
-import queue
+from queue import Queue
 
 
 def test_empty_context():
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def test_event_defines():
 
 class TestLive:
     def test_basic_configure_login_ok(self, request, tmp_db_path, userpassword):
-        q = queue.Queue()
+        q = Queue()
         dc = deltachat.Account(tmp_db_path, logcallback=q.put)
         dc.set_config(addr=userpassword[0], mail_pw=userpassword[1])
         dc.start()