diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c95d5f8..8153ac6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ install:
 - ls -al
 - echo $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
 - ls -al $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
-- ansible-playbook -e brozzler_pip_name=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR --inventory-file=ansible/hosts-localhost ansible/playbook.yml
+- ansible-playbook -e brozzler_pip_name=file://$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR --inventory-file=ansible/hosts-localhost ansible/playbook.yml
 - pip install $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR pytest
 before_script:
 - pwd