diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a5d2bd13c..afe143eef 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ script:
   - make
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then make test ARGS+="-E testgui --output-on-failure"; fi
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then xvfb-run -a --server-args="-screen 0 800x600x24" make test ARGS+="-R testgui --output-on-failure"; fi
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then make test; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then make test ARGS+="--output-on-failure"; fi