diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 89328b76..fb9a97a2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ notifications:
 # uncomment the following lines to override the default test script
 script:
  - if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
- - julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(pwd()); Pkg.build("Plots")'
+ - julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.add(Pkg.PackageSpec(path=pwd())); Pkg.build("Plots")'
  - julia test/travis_commands.jl
  # - julia -e 'Pkg.clone("ImageMagick"); Pkg.build("ImageMagick")'
  # - julia -e 'Pkg.clone("GR"); Pkg.build("GR")'