diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 613c80c15b9a..5630514bf7bb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -133,19 +133,28 @@ install:
     # install was successful by trying to import the toolkit (sometimes, the
     # install appears to be successful but shared libraries cannot be loaded at
     # runtime, so an actual import is a better check).
-    python -mpip install --upgrade pycairo cairocffi>=0.8
-    python -mpip install --upgrade PyGObject &&
-      python -c 'import gi; gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0"); from gi.repository import Gtk' &&
-      echo 'PyGObject is available' ||
-      echo 'PyGObject is not available'
-    python -mpip install --upgrade pyqt5 &&
-      python -c 'import PyQt5.QtCore' &&
-      echo 'PyQt5 is available' ||
-      echo 'PyQt5 is not available'
-    python -mpip install --upgrade pyside2 &&
-      python -c 'import PySide2.QtCore' &&
-      echo 'PySide2 is available' ||
-      echo 'PySide2 is not available'
+
+    # PyGObject, pycairo, and cariocffi do not install on OSX 10.12
+
+    # There are not functioning wheels available for OSX 10.12 (as of
+    # Sept 2020) for either pyqt5 (there are only wheels for 10.13+)
+    # or pyside2 (the latest version (5.13.2) with 10.12 wheels has a
+    # fatal to us bug, it was fixed in 5.14.0 which has 10.13 wheels)
+    if [[ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME != 'osx' ]]; then
+       python -mpip install --upgrade pycairo cairocffi>=0.8
+       python -mpip install --upgrade PyGObject &&
+         python -c 'import gi; gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0"); from gi.repository import Gtk' &&
+         echo 'PyGObject is available' ||
+         echo 'PyGObject is not available'
+       python -mpip install --upgrade pyqt5 &&
+         python -c 'import PyQt5.QtCore' &&
+         echo 'PyQt5 is available' ||
+         echo 'PyQt5 is not available'
+       python -mpip install --upgrade pyside2 &&
+         python -c 'import PySide2.QtCore' &&
+         echo 'PySide2 is available' ||
+         echo 'PySide2 is not available'
+    fi
     python -mpip install --upgrade \
       -f https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/ubuntu-16.04 \
       wxPython &&