diff --git a/ci/travis-build.sh b/ci/travis-build.sh
index 942c0e77..e31da81f 100755
--- a/ci/travis-build.sh
+++ b/ci/travis-build.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ make="make -j${ci_parallel} V=1 VERBOSE=1"
 ${make}
 [ "$ci_test" = no ] || ${make} check || maybe_fail_tests
 cat test-suite.log || :
-[ "$ci_test" = no ] || ${make} distcheck || maybe_fail_tests
+[ "$ci_test" = no ] || ${make} distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="${ci_configopts}" || maybe_fail_tests
 cat test-suite.log || :
 
 ${make} install DESTDIR=$(pwd)/DESTDIR