diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 01429651..6be388b4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,5 +34,10 @@ matrix:
           env: >-
             USE_UCS2_PYTHON=1
             UCS2_PYTHON_VARIANT="2.7"
+    allow_failures:
+        - python: "2.6"
+          env: >-
+            USE_UCS2_PYTHON=1
+            UCS2_PYTHON_VARIANT="2.6"
 
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