diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 911c564f413999096e900a086c5583bf0bf029c5..88f673c7c4b246c90642b15039949513c01dfb21 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ matrix:
       - $HOME/.macports-ci-ccache
 # I don't put any mpi variant with macports since it takes too long to compile
 ## This command can be used to allow failures:
-##  allow_failures:
-## # I allow this to fail temporarily
-##    - env: CPPCHECK=yes CPPCHECK_VERSION=1.74
+  allow_failures:
+# I allow this to fail temporarily
+  - env: PLUMED_DOCKER=yes
 ## Possible additional variables:
 #   VALGRIND=yes to make valgrind tests, only when log contains string [valgrind]
 install: