diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8b5bc47dc..752d38e63 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ before_install:
   # sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libgd2-xpm ia32-libs ia32-libs-multiarch
   # newest Android NDK
   - wget http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r10c-linux-x86_64.bin -O ndk.bin
-  - chmod +x ndk.bin
-  - ./ndk.bin
+  - chmod a+x ndk.bin
+  - echo $PWD
+  - $PWD/ndk.bin
   - export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=`pwd`/android-ndk-r10c