diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c614574d..63c57db4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 language: bash
-script:   shellcheck -e 2034 */*/build */*/post-install
+
+install:
+  # Install a custom version of shellcheck instead of Travis CI's default
+  - scversion=latest
+  - wget "https://storage.googleapis.com/shellcheck/shellcheck-${scversion}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz"
+  - tar --xz -xvf "shellcheck-${scversion}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz"
+  - shellcheck() { "shellcheck-${scversion}/shellcheck" "$@"; }
+
+script: shellcheck -e 2034 */*/build */*/post-install