diff --git a/.travis/before-install-linux-javascript.sh b/.travis/before-install-linux-javascript.sh
index 4337b682f..235147b12 100755
--- a/.travis/before-install-linux-javascript.sh
+++ b/.travis/before-install-linux-javascript.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ sudo apt-get update -qq
 curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
 sudo apt-get install -qq nodejs
 curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.36.0/install.sh | sudo -E bash -
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
 sudo nvm use 14
 node --version