diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0b2ae6a4d..4770f7016 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ before_install:
 - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libcurl3-gnutls-dev libc6-dev libevent-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python zlib1g-dev wget bsdmainutils automake libssl-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libdb++-dev ntp ntpdate; fi
 - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew update          ; fi
 - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew install gcc5; fi
+- if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew link --overwrite gcc@5; fi
 script:
 - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then ./zcutil/build.sh -j 5; fi
 - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then ./zcutil/build-mac.sh -j 5; fi