diff --git a/scripts/prepare_travis.sh b/scripts/prepare_travis.sh
index e3405dbf..65fa73b4 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare_travis.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepare_travis.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ then
     wget --quiet --output-document=pyqt.tar.gz "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pyqt/PyQt5/PyQt-${PYQT}/PyQt-gpl-${PYQT}.tar.gz"
     tar -xf pyqt.tar.gz
     cd "PyQt-gpl-${PYQT}"
-    python -B configure.py --confirm-license
+    python -B configure.py --confirm-license --qmake=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake
     make
     cd ..
 fi