diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b8699ec12b..c8b479f8ea 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ script:
   - mkdir build && cd build
   - cmake ..
   - make -j3
+  - make test
 # build docs separately
   - make docs