diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a7ad75b3..5eff4589 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ install:
     - curl -Lo avocado-36.0-tar.gz https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/archive/36.0lts.tar.gz
     - tar -zxvf avocado-36.0-tar.gz
     - cd avocado-36.0lts
+    - sed -e 's/libvirt-python>=1.2.9/libvirt-python>=1.2.9,<4.1.0/' < requirements.txt  > /tmp/requirements.txt && mv /tmp/requirements.txt ./requirements.txt
     - sudo -H pip install -r requirements.txt
     - sudo python setup.py install
     - cd ../falco
diff --git a/userspace/falco/falco.cpp b/userspace/falco/falco.cpp
index e4d1af51..6943a927 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/falco.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/falco.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int falco_init(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"pidfile", required_argument, 0, 'P' },
 		{"unbuffered", no_argument, 0, 'U' },
 		{"version", no_argument, 0, 0 },
-		{"validate", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+		{"validate", required_argument, 0, 'V' },
 		{"writefile", required_argument, 0, 'w' },
 
 		{0, 0, 0, 0}