diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 297238b..1ed9801 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 language: c
 compiler: gcc
 addons:
         apt:
                 packages:
                   - check
                   - splint
 script: ./autogen.sh
-        && ./configure
+        && ./configure --enable-syslog-tests
         && make check
         && make distcheck
 sudo: false