diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6dd5b57..894d927 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ before_script:
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/bison/lib" && export PATH="/usr/local/opt/flex/bin:/usr/local/opt/bison/bin:$PATH"; fi
 script:
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; 
-    then travis_wait 40 mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake -DTRAVIS=ON .. && make -j4  && ctest --debug;
-    else travis_wait 40 mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake -DTRAVIS=ON -DBUILD_PYTHON_TESTS=ON -DBUILD_JAR=ON -DPYTHON_ITERATOR_SUPPORT=ON .. && make -j4 && ctest --debug;
+    then travis_wait 40 mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake -DTRAVIS=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-8 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-8 .. && make -j4  && ctest --debug;
+    else travis_wait 40 mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake -DTRAVIS=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-8 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-8 -DBUILD_PYTHON_TESTS=ON -DBUILD_JAR=ON -DPYTHON_ITERATOR_SUPPORT=ON .. && make -j4 && ctest --debug;
     fi