diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0b2716561129a8b4c88558d7b187f15d1875c545..a4beb717726f40bb30701b8d75df0a68df69a6d7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ before_install:
 
 before_script:
   - export PATH=$HOME/cmake-3.1.1-Linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
-  - if [ "CC" == "gcc" ]; then export CXX=g++-4.8 CC=gcc-4.8; fi
+  - if [ "$CC" == "gcc" ]; then export CXX=g++-4.8 CC=gcc-4.8; fi
 
 script:
   - mkdir build