diff --git a/scripts/travis-linux.sh b/scripts/travis-linux.sh
index 4d5986788..77cad6924 100644
--- a/scripts/travis-linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-linux.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ set -o errexit
 echo '{"ipv6":true, "fixed-cidr-v6":"2001:db8:1::/64"}' | sudo tee /etc/docker/daemon.json
 sudo service docker restart
 
-apt-get update
+# Ignore apt-get update errors to avoid failing due to misbehaving repo;
+# true errors would fail in the apt-get install phase
+apt-get update || true
+
 apt-get install -y liblxc1 lxc-dev lxc shellcheck
 apt-get install -y qemu
 bash ./scripts/travis-rkt.sh