diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 113774305f..3a5946c7c9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ before_script:
         - gfortran -v
         - mpif90 -show
         - ./travis/config_nwchem.sh
-        - ./travis/build_openblas.sh
-        - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then ./travis/build_scalapack.sh ; fi
+        - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "os" ]]; then nohup bash -c "./travis/build_openblas.sh &" && sleep 3 && cat nohup.out; fi
+        - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then ./travis/build_openblas.sh;  fi
+        - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then ./travis/build_scalapack.sh; fi
         - sleep 1
 script:
         - ./travis/compile_nwchem.sh