diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 013991c948c..0e0d6686d95 100755
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ addons:
 before_install:
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew update ; fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew install gnu-tar dpkg libicns graphicsmagick git-lfs; fi
-  - git-lfs pull
+  - git lfs pull
   - gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri fpm
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then curl -L https://github.com/github/git-lfs/releases/download/v1.1.2/git-lfs-linux-amd64-1.1.2.tar.gz | tar -xz; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then git-lfs-1.1.2/git-lfs pull; fi
 
 install:
 - nvm install $NODE_VERSION
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 08628643ecf..4f37092b9fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@
     "progress-stream": "^1.2.0",
     "read-package-json": "^2.0.3",
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.0",
-    "tmp": "0.0.28",
-    "7zip-bin": "0.0.1"
+    "tmp": "0.0.28"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "appdmg": "^0.3.6"
+    "appdmg": "^0.3.6",
+    "7zip-bin": "0.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ava-tf": "^0.12.4-beta.6",
diff --git a/src/builder.ts b/src/builder.ts
index 2ddf42b7f6a..c08fd1f8bc8 100644
--- a/src/builder.ts
+++ b/src/builder.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export async function build(originalOptions?: BuildOptions): Promise<void> {
     options.dist = true
   }
   else if (options.dist === undefined) {
-    options.dist = lifecycleEvent === "dist" || lifecycleEvent === "build" || lifecycleEvent.startsWith("dist:")
+    options.dist = lifecycleEvent === "dist" || lifecycleEvent === "build" || (lifecycleEvent != null && lifecycleEvent.startsWith("dist:"))
   }
 
   let isPublishOptionGuessed = false