diff --git a/script/travis/ci b/script/travis/ci
index 4cce1bc84..cd4fcc6d1 100755
--- a/script/travis/ci
+++ b/script/travis/ci
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
     tox -e py27,py34 -- tests/unit
 else
     # TODO: we could also install py34 and test against it
-    python -m tox -e py27 -- tests/unit
+    tox -e py27 -- tests/unit
 fi
diff --git a/script/travis/install b/script/travis/install
index a23667bff..d4b34786c 100755
--- a/script/travis/install
+++ b/script/travis/install
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ set -ex
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
     pip install tox==2.1.1
 else
-    pip install --user tox==2.1.1
+    sudo pip install --upgrade pip tox==2.1.1 virtualenv
+    pip --version
 fi