diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 3d722ee7..985d1ab0 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ dependencies:
       # setup tap report
       - mkdir -p ${CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS}/tap-xunit/
   override:
-      # install dependencies
+      # install zmq
+      - sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libzmq3-dev
+      # install node dependencies
       - yarn install
       - yarn run prepare