diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bfb3e7b51f..09bd04505c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ install:
   ## If we're on OSX, and using asciidoc, install asciidoc
   - if [[ "$ASCIIDOC_OPTIONS" == "" ]] && [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew install asciidoc; fi
   - if [[ "$ASCIIDOC_OPTIONS" == "" ]] && [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew install xmlto; fi
+  - if [[ "$ASCIIDOC_OPTIONS" == "" ]] && [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then export XML_CATALOG_FILES="/usr/local/etc/xml/catalog"; fi
   ## If we're using Rust, download rustup
   - if [[ "$RUST_OPTIONS" != "" ]]; then curl -Ssf -o rustup.sh https://sh.rustup.rs; fi
   ## Install the stable channels of rustc and cargo and setup our toolchain environment