diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9739c019ad0..8277146e3a0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ before_install:
   # set python 3.6.3 as default
   - source ~/virtualenv/python3.6/bin/activate
   # to run petstore server locally via docker
+  - echo "$DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD" | docker login --username=$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME --password-stdin;
   - docker pull swaggerapi/petstore
   - docker run -d -e SWAGGER_HOST=http://petstore.swagger.io -e SWAGGER_BASE_PATH=/v2 -p 80:8080 swaggerapi/petstore
   - docker ps -a