diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ee5f50579be..9964b6632a0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ env:
     - NUGET="mono nuget.exe"
   matrix:
     - CONFIG=opt TEST=sanity
-    - CONFIG=gcov TEST="c c++"
+    - CONFIG=gcov TEST=c
+    - CONFIG=gcov TEST=c++
     - CONFIG=opt TEST="c c++"
     - CONFIG=opt TEST=node
     - CONFIG=opt TEST=ruby