diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1498037d87b..7784189a466 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ env:
 script:
   - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == 'linux' ]; then
     if [ $CC == 'clang' ]; then
-    make -j2 linux_x64_clang && ./$MAME -validate;
-    else make -j2 OPTIMIZE=0      && ./$MAME -validate;
+    make -j2 linux_x64_clang CXX="g++-5" CC="gcc-5" && ./$MAME -validate;
+    else make -j2 OPTIMIZE=0 CXX="clang++-3.7" CC="clang-3.7" && ./$MAME -validate;
     fi
     elif [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == 'osx' ]; then
     unset LDOPTS && make -j2 OPTIMIZE=0 MACOSX_USE_LIBSDL=1 && ./$MAME -validate;