diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ec637acdbb..498502cf30 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ install:
 - mv $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR $HOME/gopath/src/k8s.io/website
 
 # (1) Fetch dependencies for us to run the tests in test/examples_test.go
-- pushd $GOPATH/src/k8s.io/website && git checkout release-1.7 && popd
+- pushd $GOPATH/src/k8s.io/website && git checkout -t origin/release-1.7 && popd
 - go get -t -v k8s.io/website/test
 
 # Simplified deduplication of dependencies.