diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 01c0b2c4..9ea403e9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ matrix:
       env: TESTDB=PGSQL
 
 before_script:
- - ./tests/travis/before_script ~/builds/ss 
+ - ./tests/travis/before_script ~/builds/ss $TRAVIS_BRANCH
  - cd ~/builds/ss
 
 script: 
diff --git a/tests/travis/before_script b/tests/travis/before_script
index 6abe5760..dcf934ed 100755
--- a/tests/travis/before_script
+++ b/tests/travis/before_script
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 BUILD_DIR=$1
+TRAVIS_BRANCH=$2
 git clone --depth=100 --quiet git://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-installer.git $BUILD_DIR
 git clone --depth=100 --quiet git://github.com/silverstripe-labs/silverstripe-sqlite3.git $BUILD_DIR/sqlite3
 git clone --depth=100 --quiet git://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-postgresql.git $BUILD_DIR/postgresql