diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 612f04a..475a8cc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ services:
 before_install:
 - sudo service docker restart ; sleep 10  # https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/4778
 - docker network create --driver=bridge trough
-- docker run --detach --network=trough --name=rethinkdb rethinkdb
+- docker run --detach --network=trough --name=rethinkdb --publish=28015:28015 rethinkdb
 - docker run --detach --network=trough --name=hadoop chalimartines/cdh5-pseudo-distributed
 - docker run --detach --network=trough --volume="$PWD/tests/run-trough.sh:/run-trough.sh" --publish=6111:6111 --publish=6112:6112 --publish=6222:6222 --publish=6444:6444 python:3 bash /run-trough.sh