diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5d1a5eada8..6d70cf2c45 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ before_install:
   -  APMDIR=$(pwd) && pushd .. && $APMDIR/Tools/scripts/install-travis-env.sh -y && . ~/.profile && popd
 
 script:
-  - Tools/scripts/build_px4_v2_quad_travis.sh
+  - Tools/scripts/build_px4_v2_quad_travis.sh ${GITHUB_API_KEY}
 
 deploy:
   provider: releases
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/build_px4_v2_quad_travis.sh b/Tools/scripts/build_px4_v2_quad_travis.sh
index f82ee0fb2d..7dca1c34b4 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/build_px4_v2_quad_travis.sh
+++ b/Tools/scripts/build_px4_v2_quad_travis.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# useful script to test all the different build types that we support.
-# This helps when doing large merges
-# Andrew Tridgell, November 2011
 
 . config.mk
 
 set -e
 set -x
 
+pushd ../PX4Firmware
+set +x
+git remote add solo https://$1@github.com/3drobotics/PX4Firmware-solo.git
+set -x
+git fetch solo
+git checkout solo/master
+popd
+
 pushd ArduCopter
 make configure
 make clean