diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7af713a4..0af783a9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ php:
   - 7.0
   - 7.1
   - 7.2
+  - 7.3
   - hhvm # ignore errors, see below
 
 # lock distro so new future defaults will not break the build
diff --git a/travis-init.sh b/travis-init.sh
index 29ce884a..9ed7afaa 100755
--- a/travis-init.sh
+++ b/travis-init.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "hhvm" &&
       "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "hhvm-nightly" ]]; then
 
     # install 'event' and 'ev' PHP extension
-    if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "5.3" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "5.3" &&
+          "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "7.3" ]]; then
         echo "yes" | pecl install event
         echo "yes" | pecl install ev
     fi
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "hhvm" &&
     # install 'libevent' PHP extension (does not support php 7)
     if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "7.0" &&
           "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "7.1" &&
-          "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "7.2" ]]; then
+          "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "7.2"  &&
+          "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "7.3" ]]; then
         curl http://pecl.php.net/get/libevent-0.1.0.tgz | tar -xz
         pushd libevent-0.1.0
         phpize
@@ -28,7 +30,8 @@ if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "hhvm" &&
     # install 'libev' PHP extension (does not support php 7)
     if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "7.0" &&
           "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "7.1" &&
-          "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "7.2" ]]; then
+          "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "7.2"  &&
+          "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "7.3" ]]; then
         git clone --recursive https://github.com/m4rw3r/php-libev
         pushd php-libev
         phpize