diff --git a/travis/compile.sh b/travis/compile.sh
index 8b54b714ad3..899fb5a3351 100755
--- a/travis/compile.sh
+++ b/travis/compile.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [[ "$ENABLE_DEBUG" == 1 ]]; then
 else
 	DEBUG="";
 fi
-./buildconf
+./buildconf --force
 ./configure --quiet \
 $DEBUG \
 $TS \