diff --git a/ci/travis/before_install.sh b/ci/travis/before_install.sh
index 6320b0aa4f1b9ad5d490dc659eb8f3d826938ef9..3fbb176e0b11f6ecef9d8c26e46d7211d2f9698b 100755
--- a/ci/travis/before_install.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/before_install.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ then
     env PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-framework" pyenv install $PYENV_PYTHON_VERSION
 elif [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == "linux" ]
 then
-    PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" pyenv install $PYENV_PYTHON_VERSION
+    PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" pyenv install --force $PYENV_PYTHON_VERSION
 fi
 
 pyenv shell $PYENV_PYTHON_VERSION