diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 84e396f..cc0e049 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ AllCops:
   DisabledByDefault: true
   Exclude:
     - "examples/instrumentation.rb"
+    # Remove the following line once we are able to make bundler install gems to <PROJECT_ROOT>/vendor/bundle instead
+    # of <PROJECT_ROOT>/gemfiles/vendor/bundle during TravisCI builds. The reason that happens for now is because
+    # bundler 1.x only installs relative to the Gemfile (which during CI builds is always one inside gemfiles/ folder)
+    # instead of the CWD. Bundler 2.x will add support to install relative to CWD
+    # (see https://github.com/bundler/bundler/pull/5803).
+    - "gemfiles/vendor/**/*"
 
 Bundler:
   Enabled: true