diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e7f3275fc58669fedf758d8d9c0490ef4483fdfe..55ccfa9d41cc9f728e700d949665db6ab1152bc5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ before_install:
   # Create the env
   - conda create -q -n test python=$PYTHON_VERSION
   - source activate test
+  # https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/8982
+  - python -c "import fcntl; fcntl.fcntl(1, fcntl.F_SETFL, 0)"
 
 install:
   - conda config --add channels conda-forge