diff --git a/.travis-ci.sh b/.travis-ci.sh
index c6c15f9f3d..1169593014 100755
--- a/.travis-ci.sh
+++ b/.travis-ci.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ echo OPAM versions
 opam --version
 opam --git-version
 
-opam init
+opam init git://github.com/ocaml/opam-repository >/dev/null 2>&1
 opam install ${OPAM_DEPENDS}
 
 eval `opam config env`