diff --git a/travis/setup-php-extensions.sh b/travis/setup-php-extensions.sh
index 347d7b5773..918f67cd47 100755
--- a/travis/setup-php-extensions.sh
+++ b/travis/setup-php-extensions.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ else
 	echo 'opcache.enable=0' >> "$php_ini_file"
 fi
 
+# APCu
+if [ `php -r "echo (int) (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.0.0-dev', '>=') && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.3.0-dev', '<'));"` == "1" ]
+then
+	echo 'Enabling APCu PHP extension'
+	printf "\n" | pecl install apcu
+	echo 'apc.enabled=1' >> "$php_ini_file"
+	echo 'apc.enable_cli=1' >> "$php_ini_file"
+fi
+
+
 # redis
 # Disabled redis for now as it causes travis to fail
 # git clone git://github.com/nicolasff/phpredis.git redis