diff --git a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
index bc9e3a2e3..2a94cde1d 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [[ "${MASON_PLATFORM}" == "android" ]]; then
 
     echo "debug: upacking NDK"
     #mapbox_time "unpacking NDK" \
-    SEVEN_ZIP_PATH x ./android-ndk-r10c-linux-x86_64.bin > /dev/null
+    $SEVEN_ZIP_PATH x ./android-ndk-r10c-linux-x86_64.bin > /dev/null
 
     echo "debug: setting ANDROID_NDK_PATH"
     export ANDROID_NDK_PATH=$(pwd)/android-ndk-r10c