diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d95cfb54..3592876e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ branches:
 env:
   - FEDORA_VERSION="3.5"
 before_install:
+  - ISLANDORA_DIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
   - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/tests/travis_setup.sh
   - cd $HOME/drupal-*
 script:
diff --git a/tests/travis_setup.sh b/tests/travis_setup.sh
index b870edb3..c0a5f0f2 100755
--- a/tests/travis_setup.sh
+++ b/tests/travis_setup.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ drush dl --yes drupal
 cd drupal-*
 drush si standard --db-url=mysql://drupal:drupal@localhost/drupal --yes
 drush runserver --php-cgi=$HOME/.phpenv/shims/php-cgi localhost:8081 &>/dev/null &
-ln -s $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR sites/all/modules/islandora
+ln -s $ISLANDORA_DIR sites/all/modules/islandora
 mv sites/all/modules/islandora/tests/travis.test_config.ini sites/all/modules/islandora/tests/test_config.ini
 mkdir sites/all/libraries
 ln -s $HOME/tuque sites/all/libraries/tuque