diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
index 0db03707f..8a8a74b0f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ jobs:
       {% if cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' -%}
         - sudo mkdir /var/run/celery
         - sudo mkdir /var/log/celery
+        - sudo chown travis /var/log/celery
+        - sudo chown travis /var/run/celery
         - celery multi start worker beat -A config.celery_app --pool=solo
       {%- endif %}
       script: