diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 626d9f700e..74a8b22ddb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # - sudo/dist/group are set so as to get Blue Box VMs, necessary for [loopback]
 #   IPv6 support
 
-dist: bionic
+dist: xenial
 
 os: linux
 language: minimal
diff --git a/.travis/test_04_install.sh b/.travis/test_04_install.sh
index ef595287b7..51fde7c39f 100755
--- a/.travis/test_04_install.sh
+++ b/.travis/test_04_install.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ travis_retry docker pull "$DOCKER_NAME_TAG"
 env | grep -E '^(CCACHE_|WINEDEBUG|LC_ALL|BOOST_TEST_RANDOM|CONFIG_SHELL)' | tee /tmp/env
 if [[ $HOST = *-mingw32 ]]; then
   DOCKER_ADMIN="--cap-add SYS_ADMIN"
+elif [[ $BITCOIN_CONFIG = *--with-sanitizers=*address* ]]; then # If ran with (ASan + LSan), Docker needs access to ptrace (https://github.com/google/sanitizers/issues/764)
+  DOCKER_ADMIN="--cap-add SYS_PTRACE"
 fi
 DOCKER_ID=$(docker run $DOCKER_ADMIN -idt --mount type=bind,src=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR,dst=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR --mount type=bind,src=$CCACHE_DIR,dst=$CCACHE_DIR -w $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR --env-file /tmp/env $DOCKER_NAME_TAG)