diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 611dea5b0b..76fc9d3742 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ script:
 - cmake -DHAVE_GTK2=NO -DBUILD_METALIBS=$BUILD_METALIBS -DCOMPOSITE_SOURCE_LIMIT=$COMPOSITE_SOURCE_LIMIT .. 
 - make -j4
 
+- export PYTHONPATH=$PWD
 - python ../test_imports.py
 - pytest ../tests