diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1a76347bf..fa7a052bf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Workaround for the issue found in the stable image promoted on Dec 1, 2016.
+# See https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/6928#issuecomment-264227708
+group: deprecated
+
 notifications:
   email: false
 language: c #NOTE: this will set CC=gcc which might cause trouble