diff --git a/.travis/linux/after_success.sh b/.travis/linux/after_success.sh
index fd874fbbd..9c42ce93d 100644
--- a/.travis/linux/after_success.sh
+++ b/.travis/linux/after_success.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 if test x"$COVERAGE" = xyes; then
-  docker exec $CONTAINER pip install cpp-coveralls
+  # docker exec $CONTAINER pip install cpp-coveralls
+
+  # manually install cpp-coveralls until the gcov fix has been
+  # incorporated in the pip version
+  docker exec $CONTAINER sh -c "cd /tmp && rm -rf cpp-coveralls && git clone -q https://github.com/eddyxu/cpp-coveralls && cd cpp-coveralls && python setup.py build && python setup.py install"
   docker exec \
 	 -e TRAVIS_JOB_ID="$TRAVIS_JOB_ID" \
 	 -e TRAVIS_BRANCH="$TRAVIS_BRANCH" \
-	 $CONTAINER sh -c "cd $BUILDDIR && coveralls -b $BUILDDIR -E '(^|.*/)(frob|mock|test)-.*|(^|.*/)(virtual-fixed\.c)' --gcov-options '\-lp'"
+	 $CONTAINER sh -c "cd $BUILDDIR && cpp-coveralls -b $BUILDDIR -E '(^|.*/)(frob|mock|test)-.*|(^|.*/)(virtual-fixed\.c)' --gcov-options '\-lp'"
 fi