diff --git a/utils/docker/0001-travis-fix-travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh.patch b/utils/docker/0001-travis-fix-travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9738942aa4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/docker/0001-travis-fix-travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From b5179dc4822eaab192361da05aa95d98f523960f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lukasz Dorau <lukasz.dorau@intel.com>
+Date: Mon, 7 May 2018 12:05:40 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] travis: fix travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh
+
+---
+ travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh b/travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh
+index ad9d4afcf..562b08bcc 100644
+--- a/travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh
++++ b/travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh
+@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ response=$(curl \
+   --form description="Travis CI build" \
+   $UPLOAD_URL)
+ status_code=$(echo "$response" | sed -n '$p')
+-if [ "$status_code" != "201" ]; then
++if [ "$status_code" != "200" ]; then
+   TEXT=$(echo "$response" | sed '$d')
+-  echo -e "\033[33;1mCoverity Scan upload failed: $TEXT.\033[0m"
++  echo -e "\033[33;1mCoverity Scan upload failed: $response.\033[0m"
+   exit 1
+ fi
+-- 
+2.13.6
+
diff --git a/utils/docker/run-coverity.sh b/utils/docker/run-coverity.sh
index d9c417a2b80..9bff90a0ab7 100755
--- a/utils/docker/run-coverity.sh
+++ b/utils/docker/run-coverity.sh
@@ -57,9 +57,19 @@ cd $WORKDIR
 
 # Run the Coverity scan
 
-# XXX: Modify the script to print the full response string.
+# XXX: Patch the Coverity script.
 # Recently, this script regularly exits with an error, even though
 # the build is successfully submitted.  Probably because the status code
 # is missing in response, or it's not 201.
-curl -s https://scan.coverity.com/scripts/travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh | \
-	sed 's/\$TEXT/\$response/' | bash
+# Changes:
+# 1) change the expected status code to 200 and
+# 2) print the full response string.
+#
+# This change should be reverted when the Coverity script is fixed.
+#
+# The previous version was:
+# curl -s https://scan.coverity.com/scripts/travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh | bash
+
+wget https://scan.coverity.com/scripts/travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh
+patch < utils/docker/0001-travis-fix-travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh.patch
+bash ./travisci_build_coverity_scan.sh