diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 28ca9875393ad9cb255258e534c6cd5bdf6c5649..d670f791a778cb7b36b79e6ae35fc56226e7c03e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ install:
     - tar -xzvf libSBML-5.11.4-core-src.tar.gz 
     - cd libsbml-5.11.4 && ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-zlib --with-bzip2 --with-libxml && make && sudo make install && cd ..
 script: 
-    - mkdir -p _build && cd _build && cmake -DDEBUG=ON .. && make
+    - mkdir -p _build && cd _build && cmake -CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`pwd`/_install -DDEBUG=ON .. && make
 
 after_success:
     - ctest --output-on-failure