diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/build.sbt
index edf728a96..3f0392ac6 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/build.sbt
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ TaskKey[Unit]("output-empty") <<= classDirectory in Configurations.Compile map {
 	def classes = (outputDirectory ** "*.class").get
 	if(!classes.isEmpty) error("Classes existed:\n\t" + classes.mkString("\n\t")) else ()
 }
+
+// apparently Travis CI stopped allowing long file names
+// it fails with the default setting of 255 characters so
+// we have to set lower limit ourselves
+scalacOptions ++= Seq("-Xmax-classfile-name", "240")
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/pending b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/test
similarity index 100%
rename from sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/pending
rename to sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/test