diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f8271cab72..f299f314f9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ matrix:
     env: DISTRIB="conda" PYTHON_VERSION="3.5" COVERAGE="true" MINICONDA_URL="https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh"
   - os: linux
     env: DISTRIB="conda" PYTHON_VERSION="3.6" MINICONDA_URL="https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh"
+  - os: linux
+    env: DISTRIB="conda" PYTHON_VERSION="3.6" EXAMPLES="true" MINICONDA_URL="https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh"
 
   # Temporarily disabling OSX builds because thy take too long
   # Set language to generic to not break travis-ci
diff --git a/ci_scripts/test.sh b/ci_scripts/test.sh
index 2a0a9d2174..370c6444ca 100644
--- a/ci_scripts/test.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/test.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,18 @@ set -e
 mkdir -p $TEST_DIR
 
 cwd=`pwd`
+examples_dir=$pwd/example
 test_dir=$cwd/test/
 
 cd $TEST_DIR
 
 if [[ "$COVERAGE" == "true" ]]; then
     nosetests --no-path-adjustment -sv --with-coverage --cover-package=$MODULE $test_dir
+elif [[ "$EXAMPLES" == "true" ]]; then
+    for example in `find $examples_dir -name '*.py'`
+    do
+        python $example
+    done
 else
     nosetests --no-path-adjustment -sv $test_dir
 fi