diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5af44e85..d3c1bdfe 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ env:
   - PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${BUILD_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig
   - DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--with-libsodium --prefix=${BUILD_PREFIX}"
 
+before_install:
+# workaround for Travis OSX CI bug, hasn't been fixed in a month so time for a hack
+- if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == "osx" ] ; then brew uninstall libtool && brew install libtool ; fi
+
 #   Build required projects first
 before_script:
 - mkdir tmp