diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d2641771d1..1f4658234f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ env:
     - TESTSUITE_SELENIUM_COVERAGE=http://127.0.0.1:8000/phpunit_coverage.php
 before_script:
   - mysql -uroot -e "SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD('$TESTSUITE_PASSWORD')" ;
-  - if [[ -z "$LINT" ]] ; then
+  - set -e ; if [[ -z "$LINT" ]] ; then
     if [[ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION != "hhvm" ]] ; then
 
     git clone --depth=1 git://github.com/zenovich/runkit.git ;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ before_script:
     fi
 script:
   - ant locales
-  - if [[ -z "$LINT" ]] ; then
+  - set -e; if [[ -z "$LINT" ]] ; then
     export TESTSUITE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:8000" ;
     if [[ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION == "hhvm" ]] ; then
     ant phpunit-hhvm ;