diff --git a/trigger-travis.sh b/trigger-travis.sh
index 238f34b96..d9cd2388d 100755
--- a/trigger-travis.sh
+++ b/trigger-travis.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ if [ "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" != "$SOURCE" ]; then
     exit 0;
 fi
 
+if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" != "master" ]; then
+    echo "not triggering from non-master branch"
+    exit 0;
+fi
+
 if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]; then
     echo "not triggering from pull requests"
     exit 0;