diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0eb0fd1241..ad3e08be60 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ env:
     - DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres@localhost/
     - DATABASE_URL_FOR_SCHEMA=postgres://postgres@localhost/diesel_schema
     - secure: 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
+matrix:
+  allow_failures:
+    - nightly
 after_success:
 - "(cd diesel && travis-cargo --only nightly doc-upload)"
 branches: