diff --git a/scripts/travis/build.sh b/scripts/travis/build.sh
index 95e817aed3..f4c884e73c 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis/build.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $0)
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR/../..
 source ./scripts/env.sh
 
+# For some reason, this task fails on Travis when run as a part of the `gulp build`.
+# It runs `pub get` which fails to read the `pubspec.yml` (created earlier by the task).
+./node_modules/.bin/gulp modules/build.dart/pubspec
+
 ./node_modules/.bin/gulp build
 
 pub install