diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a9836d79e7..688628725d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ before_script:
   - "uname -a"
   - "uname -r"
   - "rm -fr .ext autom4te.cache"
-  - "make -f common.mk BASERUBY=ruby srcdir=. update-config_files"
+  - "make -f common.mk BASERUBY=ruby MAKEDIRS='mkdir -p' srcdir=. update-config_files"
   - "autoconf"
   - "mkdir config_1st config_2nd"
   - "./configure -C --disable-install-doc --with-gcc=$CC $OPENSSL_FLAG"