diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a849f64d20..4dbb33274a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ matrix:
           name: wxGTK 2 UTF-8 Ubuntu 18.04
         - dist: bionic
           compiler: gcc
-          env: wxGTK_VERSION=3 wxCONFIGURE_FLAGS="--enable-cxx11 --enable-stl --disable-webview" wxMAKEFILE_FLAGS="CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11" wxUSE_XVFB=1
+          env: wxGTK_VERSION=3 wxCONFIGURE_FLAGS="--enable-cxx11 --enable-stl --disable-webview" wxMAKEFILE_FLAGS="CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11 LDFLAGS=-Wl,--no-as-needed" wxUSE_XVFB=1
           name: wxGTK 3 STL Ubuntu 18.04
         - dist: bionic
           compiler: clang
diff --git a/build/tools/travis-ci.sh b/build/tools/travis-ci.sh
index 84d973f806..6f57b046ec 100755
--- a/build/tools/travis-ci.sh
+++ b/build/tools/travis-ci.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ case $wxTOOLSET in
 
         echo 'Building tests...' && echo -en 'travis_fold:start:script.tests\\r'
         [ "$wxSKIP_GUI" = 1 ] || make -C tests $wxJOBS failtest
-        make -C tests $wxJOBS
+        make -C tests $wxJOBS $wxMAKEFILE_FLAGS
         echo -en 'travis_fold:end:script.tests\\r'
 
         echo 'Testing...' && echo -en 'travis_fold:start:script.testing\\r'