diff --git a/scripts/travis/Makefile b/scripts/travis/Makefile
index 9b7361bf5..ab063c8b9 100644
--- a/scripts/travis/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/travis/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 local:
 	./travis-tests
+.PHONY: local
+
 %:
 	$(MAKE) -C ../build $@