diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index aaeedc670bb0b5262cb0ddef2b94f800e6188793..836f5133dcf97d959745797beea753d20a26a163 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ matrix:
 install:
 # setup environment to allow install on the home directory
   - export PATH="$HOME/opt/bin:$PATH"
-  - export CPATH="$HOME/opt/include:$CPATH"
-  - export INCLUDE="$HOME/opt/include:$INCLUDE"
-  - export LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/opt/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH"
-  - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/opt/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+  - export CPATH="$HOME/opt/include:$HOME/opt/arrayfire/include:$CPATH"
+  - export INCLUDE="$HOME/opt/include:$HOME/opt/arrayfire/include:$INCLUDE"
+  - export LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/opt/lib:$HOME/opt/arrayfire/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH"
+  - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/opt/lib:$HOME/opt/arrayfire/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 # Setting the TMPDIR in this way allegedly prevents problems with the compilation of 
 # PLUMED + Python on macos
   - export TMPDIR="/tmp"