diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 21f487c41..7aa360c28 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ jobs:
         - shasum -a 512 karma-*.tar.gz | tee sha512sum.txt
         # verify that there are no uncommited changes
         - git diff --exit-code
+        # prune GOCACHE if it gets too big
+        - ./scripts/prune-go-cache.sh
       deploy:
         provider: releases
         api_key:
diff --git a/scripts/prune-go-cache.sh b/scripts/prune-go-cache.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fb7aaba26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prune-go-cache.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+
+
+GOCACHE=$(go env GOCACHE)
+SIZE=`du -sxm ${GOCACHE} | awk '{print $1}'`
+echo "GOCACHE size: ${SIZE}MB"
+
+if [ $SIZE -gt 3500 ]; then
+  echo "Pruning GOCACHE at ${GOCACHE}"
+  find "${GOCACHE}" -type f -delete
+fi