diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c1d63aab37..fd37ae9c95 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ before_install:
 install:
     # Our scripts try to be Travis agnostic
     - export PULL_REQUEST="$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST"
+    - export COMMIT_RANGE="$TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE"
     - export JOB_NUMBER="$TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER"
     - export HOST_SRC_DIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
     - export HOST_CACHE_DIR=$HOME/cache
diff --git a/ci/build_src.sh b/ci/build_src.sh
index b3efc5cadc..1d694ec6fb 100755
--- a/ci/build_src.sh
+++ b/ci/build_src.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ unset DISPLAY
 export CCACHE_COMPRESS=${CCACHE_COMPRESS:-1}
 export CCACHE_SIZE=${CCACHE_SIZE:-400M}
 
-if [ "$TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE" = "pull_request" ]; then contrib/devtools/commit-script-check.sh $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE; fi
+if [ "$PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]; then contrib/devtools/commit-script-check.sh $COMMIT_RANGE; fi
 
 #if [ "$CHECK_DOC" = 1 ]; then contrib/devtools/check-doc.py; fi TODO reenable after all Bitcoin PRs have been merged and docs fully fixed
 
diff --git a/ci/matrix.sh b/ci/matrix.sh
index c91dec946d..216482c023 100755
--- a/ci/matrix.sh
+++ b/ci/matrix.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export CACHE_DIR=${CACHE_DIR:-$HOST_CACHE_DIR}
 export CCACHE_DIR=$CACHE_DIR/ccache
 
 export DOCKER_RUN_VOLUME_ARGS="-v $HOST_SRC_DIR:$SRC_DIR -v $HOST_CACHE_DIR:$CACHE_DIR"
-export DOCKER_RUN_ENV_ARGS="-e SRC_DIR=$SRC_DIR -e CACHE_DIR=$CACHE_DIR -e PULL_REQUEST=$PULL_REQUEST -e JOB_NUMBER=$JOB_NUMBER -e BUILD_TARGET=$BUILD_TARGET"
+export DOCKER_RUN_ENV_ARGS="-e SRC_DIR=$SRC_DIR -e CACHE_DIR=$CACHE_DIR -e PULL_REQUEST=$PULL_REQUEST -e COMMIT_RANGE=$COMMIT_RANGE -e JOB_NUMBER=$JOB_NUMBER -e BUILD_TARGET=$BUILD_TARGET"
 export DOCKER_RUN_ARGS="$DOCKER_RUN_VOLUME_ARGS $DOCKER_RUN_ENV_ARGS"
 export DOCKER_RUN_IN_BUILDER="docker run -t --rm -w $SRC_DIR $DOCKER_RUN_ARGS $BUILDER_IMAGE_NAME"