diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 74f2ed9a..cadeebb9 100755
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+dist: trusty
 language: java
+jdk:
+  - oraclejdk9
 notifications:
   email:
       - notification@qos.ch
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb083d84..7e8fe88f 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
         <version>1.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
+            <id>toolchain</id>
             <goals>
               <goal>toolchain</goal>
             </goals>
@@ -164,6 +165,10 @@
         </executions>
         <configuration>
           <toolchains>
+            <jdk>
+              <version>9</version>
+            </jdk>
+
             <jdk>
               <version>1.6</version>
             </jdk>
@@ -459,6 +464,31 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
 
+    <profile>
+      <id>travis</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>env.TRAVIS</name>
+          <value>true</value>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-toolchains-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>toolchain</id>
+                <phase>none</phase>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
   </profiles>
 
   <pluginRepositories>