diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6b9a01b..672fccf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 language: c
 compiler: gcc
 addons:
         apt:
                 packages:
                   - check
                   - splint
 script: ./autogen.sh
         && ./configure --enable-syslog-tests
+        && make
         && make check
         && make distcheck
 sudo: false
 
 notifications:
         irc: "irc.freenode.net#clusterlabs-dev"