diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec32b1bf9f33f..70ff284a5103c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -92,3 +92,6 @@ target/
 # R notebooks
 .Rproj.user
 example/tutorial/R/*.nb.html
+
+# travis_wait command logs
+travis_wait*.log
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 26896667ee344..1d7946b7a9179 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ install:
   - pip install --upgrade pip
   # Install Python test dependencies only if we're running Python tests
   - if [[ ! -z "$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION" ]]; then
-      pip install -r dev-requirements.txt -q;
-      pip install -r test-requirements.txt -q;
+      travis_wait pip install -r dev-requirements.txt -q;
+      travis_wait pip install -r test-requirements.txt -q;
     fi
   - pip install .
   - export MLFLOW_HOME=$(pwd)