diff --git a/common/travis/fetch_upstream.sh b/common/travis/fetch_upstream.sh
index 15efb8d0ddc..b1b06d9d54f 100755
--- a/common/travis/fetch_upstream.sh
+++ b/common/travis/fetch_upstream.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,11 @@
 #
 # changed_templates.sh
 
+if command -v chroot-git >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	GIT_CMD=$(command -v chroot-git)
+elif command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	GIT_CMD=$(command -v git)
+fi
+
 /bin/echo -e '\x1b[32mFetching upstream...\x1b[0m'
-git fetch --depth 200 git://github.com/void-linux/void-packages.git master
+$GIT_CMD fetch --depth 200 git://github.com/void-linux/void-packages.git master