diff --git a/tests/travis/run_test.sh b/tests/travis/run_test.sh
index 32caf1825827..3a2c6f05731a 100755
--- a/tests/travis/run_test.sh
+++ b/tests/travis/run_test.sh
@@ -115,23 +115,24 @@ fi
 
 if [ ${TASK} == "cmake_test" ]; then
     set -e
-    # Build gtest via cmake
+    # Build and install gtest via cmake
     wget -nc https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.7.0.zip
     unzip -n release-1.7.0.zip
     mv googletest-release-1.7.0 gtest && cd gtest
     cmake . && make
-    mkdir lib && mv libgtest.a lib
+    make install
     cd ..
     rm -rf release-1.7.0.zip
+    rm -rf gtest
 
     # Build/test without AVX
     mkdir build && cd build
-    cmake .. -DGOOGLE_TEST=ON -DGTEST_ROOT=../gtest/
+    cmake .. -DGOOGLE_TEST=ON
     make
     cd ..
     ./testxgboost
     rm -rf build
-    
+
     # Build/test with AVX
     mkdir build && cd build
     cmake .. -DGOOGLE_TEST=ON -DUSE_AVX=ON -DGTEST_ROOT=../gtest/