diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6a6d2dc..0058f82 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 env:
   global:
     - STORM_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS=13000
+# Workaround for Travis CI issue 5227, which results in a buffer overflow
+# caused by Java when running the build on OpenJDK.
+# https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/5227
+before_install:
+  - cat /etc/hosts # optionally check the content *before*
+  - sudo hostname "$(hostname | cut -c1-63)"
+  - sed -e "s/^\\(127\\.0\\.0\\.1.*\\)/\\1 $(hostname | cut -c1-63)/" /etc/hosts | sudo tee /etc/hosts
+  - cat /etc/hosts # optionally check the content *after*
 script:
   - "./sbt test"
 language: scala