diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 74f2a6a79..5de3a0075 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       rust: stable
       cache: cargo
       script:
-        - cargo test --locked --no-default-features
+        - (cd proxy && cargo test --locked --no-default-features)
 
     - language: go
       # XXX; The "1.10" must be quoted or it will get intrepreted as 1.1. See
diff --git a/proxy/Dockerfile b/proxy/Dockerfile
index c1f46df01..881e5682f 100644
--- a/proxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/proxy/Dockerfile
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ ARG PROXY_SKIP_TESTS
 RUN if [ -n "$PROXY_SKIP_TESTS" ]; \
     then echo "tests skipped" ; \
     elif [ -n "$PROXY_UNOPTIMIZED" ]; \
-    then cargo test -p conduit-proxy --frozen --no-default-features ; \
-    else cargo test -p conduit-proxy --frozen --release --no-default-features ; \
+    then (cd proxy && cargo test --frozen --no-default-features) ; \
+    else (cd proxy && cargo test --frozen --release --no-default-features) ; \
     fi
 RUN if [ -n "$PROXY_UNOPTIMIZED" ]; \
     then mv target/debug/conduit-proxy   target/conduit-proxy ; \