diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bf44fad4..49e6aa7e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ jobs:
     - os: osx
       arch: amd64
       env: CC=gcc CXX=g++ CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--with-malloc-conf=tcache:false" EXTRA_CFLAGS="-Werror -Wno-array-bounds -Wno-unknown-warning-option -Wno-ignored-attributes -Wno-deprecated-declarations"
+    - os: osx
+      arch: amd64
+      env: CC=gcc CXX=g++ CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--with-malloc-conf=percpu_arena:percpu" EXTRA_CFLAGS="-Werror -Wno-array-bounds -Wno-unknown-warning-option -Wno-ignored-attributes -Wno-deprecated-declarations"
     # Development build
     - os: linux
       env: CC=gcc CXX=g++ CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--enable-debug --disable-cache-oblivious --enable-stats --enable-log --enable-prof" EXTRA_CFLAGS="-Werror -Wno-array-bounds"
diff --git a/scripts/gen_travis.py b/scripts/gen_travis.py
index 4366a066..b49905f9 100755
--- a/scripts/gen_travis.py
+++ b/scripts/gen_travis.py
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ def generate_macos(arch):
 
     exclude = ([Option.as_malloc_conf(opt) for opt in (
             'dss:primary',
-            'percpu_arena:percpu',
             'background_thread:true')] +
         [Option.as_configure_flag('--enable-prof')] +
         [CLANG,])