diff --git a/.travis/build.sh b/.travis/build.sh
index 8459da4a5..b4a0f0175 100755
--- a/.travis/build.sh
+++ b/.travis/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then exec .travis/build-osx.sh; fi
 
 ###### Part 1: Build old QB64 ######
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ com_build() {
 com_build "libqb" "libQB"
 com_build "parts/video/font/ttf" "FreeType"
 com_build "parts/core" "FreeGLUT"
- 
+
 cp -r internal/source/* internal/temp/
 cd internal/c
 echo -n "Bootstrapping QB64..."
-g++ -w qbx.cpp libqb/os/lnx/libqb_setup.o parts/video/font/ttf/os/lnx/src.o parts/core/os/lnx/src.a -lGL -lGLU -lX11 -lcurses -lpthread -ldl -lrt -D FREEGLUT_STATIC -DDEPENDENCY_USER_MODS -o ../../qb64_bootstrap
+g++ $NOPIE -w qbx.cpp libqb/os/lnx/libqb_setup.o parts/video/font/ttf/os/lnx/src.o parts/core/os/lnx/src.a -lGL -lGLU -lX11 -lcurses -lpthread -ldl -lrt -D FREEGLUT_STATIC -DDEPENDENCY_USER_MODS -o ../../qb64_bootstrap
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   echo "QB64 bootstrap failed"
   exit 1
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ echo -n "Testing compile/link..."
 # extract g++ line
 cd internal/temp/
 cpp_call=`awk '$1=="g++" {print $0}' < recompile_lnx.sh`
+echo $cpp_call
 
 # run g++
 cd ../c/
-$cpp_call -o ../../qb64_testrun
+${cpp_call/-no-pie/} -o ../../qb64_testrun
 if [ $? -ne 0 -o ! -f ../../qb64_testrun ]; then
   echo "Compile/link test failed"
   exit 1