diff --git a/ci/install_circle.sh b/ci/install_circle.sh
index fd79f907625e9..d7b3a6d07c60d 100755
--- a/ci/install_circle.sh
+++ b/ci/install_circle.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ time conda install -n pandas pytest>=3.1.0 || exit 1
 source activate pandas
 time pip install moto || exit 1
 
+# https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/6030
+conda install gcc_linux-64
+
 # build but don't install
 echo "[build em]"
 time python setup.py build_ext --inplace || exit 1
diff --git a/ci/install_travis.sh b/ci/install_travis.sh
index b85263daa1eac..8460d2124348e 100755
--- a/ci/install_travis.sh
+++ b/ci/install_travis.sh
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ if [ -e ${REQ} ]; then
     time bash $REQ || exit 1
 fi
 
+# test commit
+conda install bzip2
+
 # remove any installed pandas package
 # w/o removing anything else
 echo