diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7448702b14d08841844bec38c133137a42fc56f3..3a6f166c2a257a839bf0ddbf48cf8d50129c1d23 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ addons:
     - p7zip-full
 
 before_script:
-  - $_CC --version&&export CC=$_CC
+  -if $_CC --version 2>/dev/null; then export CC=$_CC; fi
   - wget --verbose --server-response -c http://rosenthalcastle.org/srb2/SRB2-v2115-assets-2.7z -O $HOME/srb2_cache/SRB2-v2115-assets-2.7z
   - 7z x $HOME/srb2_cache/SRB2-v2115-assets-2.7z -oassets
   - mkdir build