diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ed24557..7be1aef 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ addons:
 script:
   - ./autogen.sh
   - ./configure && make && make check
-  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then ./configure --enable-gcov && make && make check; fi
+  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++4.8" ]; then ./configure --enable-gcov && make && make check; fi
 after_success:
-  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then coveralls --root './src' --exclude-pattern '.*(include|usr|test|third_party|pb).*' --gcov-options '\-lp'; fi
+  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++4.8" ]; then coveralls --root './src' --exclude-pattern '.*(include|usr|test|third_party|pb).*' --gcov-options '\-lp'; fi