diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 481aba9..2c4c7f8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ before_install:
     - sudo apt-get update -qq
     # installneeded packages for uscan
     - sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends devscripts libwww-perl ca-certificates
-    # download original tarball
-    - uscan --force-download
+    # download original tarball (and bypassing #687834)
+    - PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0; uscan --force-download
     # remove packages needed for uscan
     - sudo apt-get purge -qq libwww-perl ca-certificates
     - sudo apt-get autoremove -qq