diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 018bc16c..ac5914e4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ before_script:
   - if [[ $DB == postgres* ]]; then pip install psycopg2; fi;
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.5' ]]; then pip install pysqlite; fi
   - if [[ $DB == mysql* ]]; then mysql -e 'create database test_w2p;'; fi
-  - if [[ $DB == postgres* ]]; then psql -c 'create database test_w2p;' -U postgres; psql -U postgres -d test_w2p -c 'create extension postgis' fi
+  - if [[ $DB == postgres* ]]; then psql -c 'create database test_w2p;' -U postgres; fi
+  - if [[ $DB == postgres* ]]; then psql -c 'create extension postgis;' -U postgres -d test_w2p; fi
+
 
   # Install last sdk for app engine (update only whenever a new release is available)
   - if [[ $DB == google* ]]; then wget http://googleappengine.googlecode.com/files/google_appengine_1.8.9.zip -nv; fi