diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index acebdd7b26..fe432b0aa3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ jobs:
         - make ${MAKEOPTS} -C ports/unix submodules
         - make ${MAKEOPTS} -C ports/unix deplibs
         - make ${MAKEOPTS} -C ports/unix
-        - make ${MAKEOPTS} -C ports/unix test
+        # OSX has poor time resolution and the following tests do not have the correct output
+        - (cd tests && ./run-tests --exclude 'uasyncio_(basic|heaplock|lock|wait_task)')
       after_failure:
         - (cd tests && for exp in *.exp; do testbase=$(basename $exp .exp); echo -e "\nFAILURE $testbase"; diff -u $testbase.exp $testbase.out; done)