diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/profile.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/profile.js
index 713bffbc7..ba88e52e8 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/profile.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/profile.js
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ Zotero.Profile = {
 		yield Zotero.File.iterateDirectory(profilesDir, function* (iterator) {
 			while (true) {
 				let entry = yield iterator.next();
+				// entry.isDir can be false for some reason on Travis, causing spurious test failures
+				if (Zotero.automatedTest && !entry.isDir && (yield OS.File.stat(entry.path)).isDir) {
+					Zotero.debug("Overriding isDir for " + entry.path);
+					entry.isDir = true;
+				}
 				if (entry.isDir && (yield OS.File.exists(OS.Path.join(entry.path, "prefs.js")))) {
 					dirs.push(entry.path);
 				}