diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 791fc8e4ee..3003776be8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ notifications:
 
 before_install: ./build/tools/before_install.sh
 
-script: bash build/tools/travis-ci.sh
+script: ./build/tools/travis-ci.sh
diff --git a/build/tools/travis-ci.sh b/build/tools/travis-ci.sh
index 37eb8b94f6..2fc69fc6a8 100755
--- a/build/tools/travis-ci.sh
+++ b/build/tools/travis-ci.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 # This script is used by Travis CI to configure, build and test wxWidgets