diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5e73dcace..c222e4ea6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1114,6 +1114,9 @@ script:
       sudo ./b2 -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu) install;
     fi
   - cd libs/multiprecision && mkdir cmake-build && cd cmake-build
+  - if [[ $(echo $CXXSTD | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g') == 03 ]]; then
+      CXXSTD=c++98;
+    fi
   - cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=$(echo $CXXSTD | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g') ..
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == linux ]]; then
       make -j$(nproc) tests-multiprecision;