diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5d91a7cd0e87..b3aa67e03acc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -230,6 +230,6 @@ after_success:
     else
       echo "Will only deploy docs build from matplotlib master branch"
     fi
-    if [[ $NOSE_ARGS="--with-coverage" ]]; then
+    if [[ $NOSE_ARGS =~ "--with-coverage" ]]; then
       coveralls
     fi