diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e6486f125f..01e651d598 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ addons:
     - libunwind8
     - zlib1g
 before_install:
-  - if test "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx"; then brew update; brew install icu4c; fi
+  - if test "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx"; then brew update; brew install icu4c; brew install openssl; brew link --force openssl; fi
 env:
   - MONO_THREADS_PER_CPU=2000
 mono: