diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 728048cce..3136dec1d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ jobs:
   include:
     # OSX tests - first (in test stage), since they are the slower ones.
     - &test-macos
-      # NOTE: (tests with) pexpect appear to be buggy on Travis,
-      #       at least with coverage.
-      #       Log: https://travis-ci.org/pytest-dev/pytest/jobs/500358864
       os: osx
       osx_image: xcode10.1
       language: generic
@@ -33,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         - python -V
         - test $(python -c 'import sys; print("%d%d" % sys.version_info[0:2])') = 27
     - <<: *test-macos
-      env: TOXENV=py37-xdist
+      env: TOXENV=py37-pexpect,py37-xdist PYTEST_COVERAGE=1
       before_install:
         - which python3
         - python3 -V
diff --git a/testing/test_pdb.py b/testing/test_pdb.py
index 007423a9e..0db3593d8 100644
--- a/testing/test_pdb.py
+++ b/testing/test_pdb.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
-import platform
 import sys
 
 import six
@@ -153,10 +152,11 @@ class TestPDB(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def flush(child):
-        if platform.system() == "Darwin":
-            return
         if child.isalive():
+            # Read if the test has not (e.g. test_pdb_unittest_skip).
+            child.read()
             child.wait()
+        assert not child.isalive()
 
     def test_pdb_unittest_postmortem(self, testdir):
         p1 = testdir.makepyfile(
@@ -797,7 +797,6 @@ class TestPDB(object):
         rest = child.read().decode("utf8")
         assert "leave_pdb_hook" in rest
         assert "1 failed" in rest
-        child.sendeof()
         self.flush(child)
 
     def test_pdb_custom_cls(self, testdir, custom_pdb_calls):
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a04f91ae5..0b1be0d33 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ setenv =
     lsof: _PYTEST_TOX_POSARGS_LSOF=--lsof
 
     pexpect: _PYTEST_TOX_PLATFORM=linux|darwin
-    pexpect: _PYTEST_TOX_POSARGS_PEXPECT=testing/test_pdb.py testing/test_terminal.py testing/test_unittest.py
+    pexpect: _PYTEST_TOX_POSARGS_PEXPECT=-m uses_pexpect
 
     twisted: _PYTEST_TOX_POSARGS_TWISTED=testing/test_unittest.py