diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 453f4ede..d84672ce 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ script: "script/ci"
 
 allow_failures:
   - env: "TEST_SUITE=ember"
+    rvm: "1.9.3"
 
 notifications:
   irc: "irc.freenode.org#travis"