diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index deadfcd647..2e284c51d6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ os:
   - linux
   - osx
 
+matrix:
+  # allow failures until OSX tests have been tested for a while
+  allow_failures:
+    - os: osx
+
 go:
 - "1.10"