diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cd2f7c92..c6509275 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ matrix:
       addons:
         apt:
           sources:
-            - sourceline: 'ppa:beineri/opt-qt596-xenial'
+            - sourceline: 'ppa:beineri/opt-qt597-xenial'
             - sourceline: 'ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-4'
           packages:
             - qt59base
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ matrix:
             - libavutil-dev
             - libva-dev
             - libvdpau-dev
+            - libsdl2-ttf-dev
 
 install:
     - '[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != osx ] || brew install qt5'
     - '[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != osx ] || brew link --force qt5'
-    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]]; then export SDL2_VER=2.0.8 && wget https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-$SDL2_VER.tar.gz && tar -xvf SDL2-$SDL2_VER.tar.gz && cd SDL2-$SDL2_VER && ./configure && make && sudo make install && cd ..; fi
+    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]]; then export SDL2_VER=2.0.9 && wget https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-$SDL2_VER.tar.gz && tar -xvf SDL2-$SDL2_VER.tar.gz && cd SDL2-$SDL2_VER && ./configure && make && sudo make install && cd ..; fi
 
 before_script:
     - '[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != "linux" ] || source /opt/qt59/bin/qt59-env.sh'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37fc5bce..45e93750 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ You can follow development on our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/6ERtzFY).
 
 ### Linux-specific Requirements
 * GCC or Clang
-* Install your distro equivalents of: `openssl-devel qt5-devel SDL2-devel ffmpeg-devel qt5-qtquickcontrols2-devel libva-devel libvdpau-devel opus-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel alsa-lib-devel`
+* Install your distro equivalents of: `openssl-devel qt5-devel SDL2-devel ffmpeg-devel qt5-qtquickcontrols2-devel libva-devel libvdpau-devel opus-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel alsa-lib-devel SDL2_ttf-devel`
 * FFmpeg 4.0 is required to build. If your distro doesn't package FFmpeg 4.0, you can build and install it from source on http://ffmpeg.org/
 
 ### Build Setup Steps
diff --git a/app/app.pro b/app/app.pro
index fa4c112e..0b5b0a09 100644
--- a/app/app.pro
+++ b/app/app.pro
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ macx {
 
 unix:!macx {
     CONFIG += link_pkgconfig soundio
-    PKGCONFIG += openssl sdl2 opus
+    PKGCONFIG += openssl sdl2 SDL2_ttf opus
 
     # For libsoundio
     packagesExist(libpulse) {