diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a48728051..cb8f350be 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ matrix:
       - MATRIX_EVAL=""
   - osx_image: xcode8.3
     env:
-      - MATRIX_EVAL="brew install gcc && CC=gcc-7 && CXX=g++-7"
+      - MATRIX_EVAL="brew install gcc || brew link --overwrite gcc; export CC=gcc-7 && export CXX=g++-7"
   - osx_image: xcode7.3
     env:
-      - MATRIX_EVAL="brew install gcc && CC=gcc-7 && CXX=g++-7"
+      - MATRIX_EVAL="brew install gcc || brew link --overwrite gcc; export CC=gcc-7 && export CXX=g++-7"
 
 before_install:
+  - env
   - rvm install 2.2.6
   - gem install dropbox-deployment
   - brew update
   - brew bundle
   - eval "${MATRIX_EVAL}"
-  - env
 
 install:
   - python3 setup.py build