diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 27c3dd00..16bb1a02 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ branches:
 env:
         global:
         - GITHUB_REPO: pfcrender
-        - QT_ROOT: 'usr/local/qt5'
+
 
 #additional deps
 addons:
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ install:
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == 'linux' ]] ; then sudo apt-get install qt59-meta-full ; fi
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == 'linux' ]] ; then source /opt/qt59/bin/qt59-env.sh ; fi
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == 'osx' ]] ; then brew install qt5 ; fi
-  - if [[ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == 'osx' ]] ; then brew link qt5 --force ; fi
+#  - if [[ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == 'osx' ]] ; then brew link --force qt5 && ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.9.1/mkspecs /usr/local/mkspecs && ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.9.1/plugins /usr/local/plugins ; fi
 
 script: 
   - cd bin && cmake .. && make && make test
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b9bbfe0..f89dc629 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 
+if(APPLE AND EXISTS /usr/local/opt/qt5)
+        # Homebrew installs Qt5 (up to at least 5.9.1) in
+        # /usr/local/qt5, ensure it can be found by CMake since
+        # it is not in the default /usr/local prefix.
+        list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "/usr/local/opt/qt5")
+endif()
+
+
 #Check for Qt5
 find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED)