diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4863d648..177ea62e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ compiler:
 before_install:
   - 'if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then brew update > /dev/null ; fi'
   - 'if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then brew install sdl sdl_image sdl_ttf sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_ttf lua ; fi'
+  - 'if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then export OSX_STATIC=0 ; fi'
 
 # to avoid errors with  git rev-list --count 1af8c74f53110e349d8f0d19b14599281913f71f..
 install:
@@ -51,3 +52,4 @@ script:
   - 'if [ "$WIN32CROSS" = "1" ] ; then API=win32 make ziprelease ; else API=sdl2 make ziprelease ; fi'
   - 'if [ "$WIN32CROSS" = "1" ] ; then API=win32 make win32installer ; fi'
   - 'if [ "$WIN32CROSS" = "" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ] ; then API=x11 make -j3 ; API=x11 make ziprelease ; fi'
+  - 'if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then otool -L bin/grafx2* ; fi'