diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c41aaa3a..caac9b25 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ env:
 before_install:
   - sudo rm /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
   - curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/${DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > docker-compose
-  - chmod -x docker-compose
+  - chmod 0755 docker-compose
   - sudo mv docker-compose /usr/local/bin
 install: true
 script: "docker-compose build; bin/rake ci:lite"