diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 44ff5e9898..f129706456 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - PATH="/usr/local/opt/gettext/bin:/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:/usr/local/opt/rpcgen/bin:$PATH"
         - PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib/pkgconfig"
+      before_script:
+        # Hack to blow away py2
+        - brew link --overwrite python
       script:
         # We can't run 'distcheck' or 'syntax-check' because they fail on
         # macOS, but doing 'install' and 'dist' gives us some useful coverage