diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 36e0a03..a7f41ee 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ install:
 script:
   - if [ -z "$JYTHON" ]; then PY="coverage run --source jaydebeapi"; else PY="python" ;fi
   - $PY test/testsuite.py $TESTNAME
-  - $PY -m doctest README.rst
+  - if [ "$JDBC_DRIVER" == "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:1.8.0.10" ] ; then $PY -m doctest README.rst ;fi
 
 after_success:
   - if [ -z "$JYTHON" ]; then coveralls ;fi