diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b34148365f3bd..73f17bf8db8a6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ go:
 
 install: 
   - go get code.google.com/p/go.tools/cmd/cover
-  - go get github.com/coreos/etcd
+  - ./hack/install-etcd.sh
   - ./hack/verify-gofmt.sh
   - ./hack/verify-boilerplate.sh
   - ./hack/install-std-race.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ install:
 script:
   - ./hack/test-go.sh
   - PATH=$HOME/gopath/bin:$PATH ./hack/test-cmd.sh
-  - PATH=$HOME/gopath/bin:$PATH ./hack/test-integration.sh
+  - PATH=$HOME/gopath/bin:$HOME/etcd/bin:$PATH ./hack/test-integration.sh
 
 notifications:
   irc: "chat.freenode.net#google-containers"
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/init.sls
index 4e8f33e79dfdb..783a88ecda290 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/init.sls
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ etcd-install:
   cmd.wait:
     - cwd: /var/src/etcd
     - names:
+      - git checkout ab4bcc18694644d12f0c038339d8d039072502b1  
       - ./build
     - env:
       - PATH: {{ grains['path'] }}:/usr/local/bin
diff --git a/hack/install-etcd.sh b/hack/install-etcd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..b9017c2419060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/install-etcd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+git clone https://github.com/coreos/etcd.git
+cd etcd
+git checkout ab4bcc18694644d12f0c038339d8d039072502b1 
+./build
+