diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3279c0d..54c0c48 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ before_install:
  - cd googletest-release-1.8.0
  - cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON .
  - make
- - echo $GTEST_DIR
+ # target cmake requires ".a" OSX binaries, symlink them
+ - mkdir build
+ - ln -s libgtest_main.so build/libgtest_main.a
+ - ln -s libgtest.so build/libgtest.a
+ - sudo cp -a include/gtest /usr/include
+ - sudo cp -a libgtest_main.so libgtest.so /usr/lib/ 
 
 script:
  - cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR