diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 235482cc9..891ec03c8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ services:
   - xvfb
 before_install:
 #  - sudo apt-get build-dep python-scipy
+  - pip install coverage==4.5.4  # temporary fix for coveralls
   - pip install coveralls
   - pip install python-coveralls
   - pip install scipy