diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5d3d6ee1d3..caf0a1f8fa 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ before_script:
   - mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}
   - ${SRC_DIR}/configure ${BASE_CONFIG} ${CONFIG} || { cat config.log && exit 1; }
 script:
-  - make -j3 && ${TEST_CMD}
+  - make -j3 && travis_retry ${TEST_CMD}
 
 
 matrix: