diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 286baca5..51df866d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ compiler:
 
 script:
   - echo -e "\n\n>>> Building uWSGI binary"
-  - /usr/bin/python uwsgiconfig.py --build base
+  - /usr/bin/python uwsgiconfig.py --build travis
   - echo -e "\n\n>>> Building python26 plugin"
   - /usr/bin/python2.6 -V
   - /usr/bin/python2.6 uwsgiconfig.py --plugin plugins/python base python26
diff --git a/buildconf/travis.ini b/buildconf/travis.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95b39e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildconf/travis.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[uwsgi]
+main_plugin =
+inherit = base