diff --git a/utils/travis/steps/install.sh b/utils/travis/steps/install.sh
index f7b2b47bc62..af47bb53377 100755
--- a/utils/travis/steps/install.sh
+++ b/utils/travis/steps/install.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if [ "$LTO" == "" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then
-    HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install ccache
+    HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install ccache scons
     travis_wait ./projectfiles/Xcode/Fix_Xcode_Dependencies
 elif [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "windows" ]; then
     start=`pwd`
diff --git a/utils/travis/steps/script.sh b/utils/travis/steps/script.sh
index 74bd06c7e82..55b4ef0fa81 100755
--- a/utils/travis/steps/script.sh
+++ b/utils/travis/steps/script.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then
-    export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PWD/utils/travis:$PATH"
+    export PATH="/usr/local/opt/gettext/bin:/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PWD/utils/travis:$PATH"
     export CC=ccache-clang
     export CXX=ccache-clang++
 
+    scons translations build=release --debug=time nls=true jobs=2 || exit 1
+
     cd ./projectfiles/Xcode
 
     export CCACHE_MAXSIZE=500M