diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9ef19df1..8e43744b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get -qq update
   - sudo apt-get install -y libmosquitto0 libmosquitto0-dev
   - export CXX=g++-4.8
-  - ping localhost
+  - ping -c 1 localhost
 script:
   - ./autogen.sh --enable-coverage && make all test
   - (cd src/lib/ebus/test && ./test_symbol && ./test_filereader && ./test_data && ./test_message)