diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3fc80f6c2..c2698acbe 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ script:
   - export CGO_ENABLED=$TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED
   - DCO_VERBOSITY=-q ../project/script/validate/dco
   - ../project/script/validate/fileheader ../project/
-  - ../project/script/validate/vendor
+  - travis_wait ../project/script/validate/vendor
   - GOOS=linux script/setup/install-dev-tools
   - go build -i .
   - make check