Ok, so apperantly changing dir in the before_script changes the wd of the test script.

.travis.yml

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ rvm:
   - 1.8.7
   - 1.9.3
 before_install: git submodule update --init && cd external/Xcodeproj && rake ext:install_opencflite_debs
-script: pwd && rake -T && bundle exec rake spec:travis
+script: cd ../.. && bundle exec rake spec:travis