diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d52ed0920..04f6473ca 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -45,3 +45,8 @@ jobs:
       python: 3.5
       install: pip install -U git+git://github.com/python/mypy@0a05e61a
       script: ./tests/stubtest_test.py
+  allow_failures:
+    - name: "stubtest py39"
+      python: 3.9-dev
+      install: pip install -U git+git://github.com/python/mypy
+      script: ./tests/stubtest_test.py
diff --git a/tests/mypy_test.py b/tests/mypy_test.py
index 4fae05b3b..5b36c2f54 100755
--- a/tests/mypy_test.py
+++ b/tests/mypy_test.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def main():
         print("Cannot import mypy. Did you install it?")
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    versions = [(3, 8), (3, 7), (3, 6), (3, 5), (2, 7)]
+    versions = [(3, 9), (3, 8), (3, 7), (3, 6), (3, 5), (2, 7)]
     if args.python_version:
         versions = [v for v in versions
                     if any(('%d.%d' % v).startswith(av) for av in args.python_version)]
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py39.txt b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py39.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb