diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6e3062c..7036de2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ matrix:
       cache: apt
       before_install:
         - sudo apt-get update -qq
-        - sudo apt-get install -qq cppcheck libfuse-dev openjdk-7-jdk
+        - sudo apt-get install -qq attr cppcheck libfuse-dev openjdk-7-jdk
         - sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
       script:
         - ./autogen.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ matrix:
       before_install:
         - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:openjdk-r/ppa 
         - sudo apt-get update -qq
-        - sudo apt-get install -qq libfuse-dev openjdk-7-jdk
+        - sudo apt-get install -qq attr libfuse-dev openjdk-7-jdk
         - sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-ppc64el/jre/bin/java
         - sudo git clone --branch 1.61 https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck.git
         - pwd
diff --git a/test/integration-test-common.sh b/test/integration-test-common.sh
index 2d3e42b..3a87095 100644
--- a/test/integration-test-common.sh
+++ b/test/integration-test-common.sh
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ function start_s3fs {
             -o url=${S3_URL} \
             -o no_check_certificate \
             -o ssl_verify_hostname=0 \
+            -o use_xattr=1 \
             -o createbucket \
             ${AUTH_OPT} \
             -o dbglevel=${DBGLEVEL:=info} \