diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f2b02d554..6aa409e70 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ install:
 
 before_script:
   - env | sort
-  - cd "$VERSION"
+  - wget -qO- 'https://github.com/tianon/pgp-happy-eyeballs/raw/master/hack-my-builds.sh' | bash
+  - cd "$VERSION/$VARIANT"
   - image="logstash:${VERSION}${VARIANT:+-$VARIANT}"
 
 script:
-  - travis_retry docker build -t "$image" "${VARIANT:-.}"
-  - ~/official-images/test/run.sh "$image"
+  - |
+    (
+      set -Eeuo pipefail
+      set -x
+      docker build -t "$image" .
+      ~/official-images/test/run.sh "$image"
+    )
 
 after_script:
   - docker images