diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 282bc98e..5c6a8b71 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -69,11 +69,13 @@ before_install:
   - if [ -d "${HOME}/buildx-cache/.buildx-cache-${POLICY}_${PLATFORM}" ]; then cp -rlf ${HOME}/buildx-cache/.buildx-cache-${POLICY}_${PLATFORM} ./; fi
 
 install:
+  - docker version
+  - docker buildx version
+  - docker buildx create --name builder-manylinux --driver docker-container --use
+  - docker buildx inspect --bootstrap --builder builder-manylinux 2>&1 | tee /dev/null
   - uptime
   - nproc
-  - free
   - cat /proc/cpuinfo
-  - docker version
 
 script: |
   BUILD_STATUS=success