diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d75c74ebb6..6169c808ae 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -108,10 +108,12 @@ install:
 
 script:
   - ./autogen.sh
-  - ./configure $COVERAGE_OPTIONS  $HARDENING_OPTIONS --disable-asciidoc --enable-fatal-warnings --disable-silent-rules
+  - CONFIGURE_FLAGS="$COVERAGE_OPTIONS  $HARDENING_OPTIONS --disable-asciidoc --enable-fatal-warnings --disable-silent-rules"
+  - echo $CONFIGURE_FLAGS
+  - ./configure $CONFIGURE_FLAGS
   ## We run `make check` because that's what https://jenkins.torproject.org does.
   - if [[ "$DISTCHECK" == "" ]]; then make check; fi
-  - if [[ "$DISTCHECK" != "" ]]; then make distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="$HARDENING_OPTIONS $COVERAGE_OPTIONS --disable-asciidoc --enable-fatal-warnings --disable-silent-rules"; fi
+  - if [[ "$DISTCHECK" != "" ]]; then make distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="$CONFIGURE_FLAGS"; fi
 
 after_failure:
   ## configure will leave a log file with more details of config failures.
diff --git a/changes/bug27088 b/changes/bug27088
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4d3b292c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug27088
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration):
+    - Pass the module flags to distcheck configure, and
+      log the flags before running configure. (Backported
+      to 0.2.9 and later as a precaution.)
+      Fixes bug 27088; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.