diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4c043cf..5fa72c6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ php:
   - 5.5
   - 5.4
   - 5.3
+root: false
 # download test suite and run tests... submodule? meta testing project with
 # all of the reference implementations?
 script: