diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c5f56b3..5a45f06 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ matrix:
 
 before_script:
 - $pip_install flake8
-- go get github.com/urfave/gfmrun/...
+- go get github.com/urfave/gfmrun/... || true
 - go get golang.org/x/tools/... || true
 - if [ ! -f node_modules/.bin/markdown-toc ] ; then
     npm install markdown-toc ;
diff --git a/runtests b/runtests
index 8e4f97f..8a2d3cf 100755
--- a/runtests
+++ b/runtests
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ def _test():
 
 @_target
 def _gfmrun():
+    go_version = check_output('go version'.split()).split()[2]
+    if go_version < 'go1.3':
+        print('runtests: skip on {}'.format(go_version), file=sys.stderr)
+        return
     _run(['gfmrun', '-c', str(_gfmrun_count()), '-s', 'README.md'])