diff --git a/.travis/run.sh b/.travis/run.sh
index ffb0ef79a..e947d8505 100755
--- a/.travis/run.sh
+++ b/.travis/run.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]; then
     source .venv/bin/activate
 fi
 
-tox
+tox --skip-missing-interpreters false
 
 # re-run all the XML-related tests, this time without lxml but using the
 # built-in ElementTree library.
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ else
     # strip additional tox envs after the comma, add -nolxml factor
     TOXENV="${TOXENV%,*}-nolxml"
 fi
-tox -e $TOXENV -- Tests/ufoLib Tests/misc/etree_test.py Tests/misc/plistlib_test.py
+tox --skip-missing-interpreters false -e $TOXENV -- Tests/ufoLib Tests/misc/etree_test.py Tests/misc/plistlib_test.py
diff --git a/Doc/source/developer.rst b/Doc/source/developer.rst
index 0796eef7c..b4fb3f076 100644
--- a/Doc/source/developer.rst
+++ b/Doc/source/developer.rst
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ environments::
 
 .. note::
 
-    When you run ``tox`` without arguments, the tests are executed for all the environments listed in the ``tox.ini`` ``envlist``. The current Python interpreters defined for tox testing must be available on your system ``PATH``.
+    When you run ``tox`` without arguments, the tests are executed for all the environments listed in the ``tox.ini`` ``envlist``. The Python versions that are not available on your system ``PATH`` will be skipped.
 
-You can specify a different testing environment list via the ``-e`` option, or the ``TOXENV`` environment variable::
+You can specify a specific testing environment list via the ``-e`` option, or the ``TOXENV`` environment variable::
 
     tox -e py36
     TOXENV="py36-cov,htmlcov" tox
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@ License
    :target: https://pypi.org/project/FontTools
 .. |Gitter Chat| image:: https://badges.gitter.im/fonttools-dev/Lobby.svg
    :alt: Join the chat at https://gitter.im/fonttools-dev/Lobby
-   :target: https://gitter.im/fonttools-dev/Lobby?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge
\ No newline at end of file
+   :target: https://gitter.im/fonttools-dev/Lobby?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c160e8b4f..72763167a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [tox]
 minversion = 3.0
 envlist = py3{6,7,8}-cov, htmlcov
+skip_missing_interpreters=true
 
 [testenv]
 setenv =