diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d201cea732..6570e6571b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ script:
     - mkdir build && cd build
     - ../configure $BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL $BITCOIN_CONFIG || ( cat config.log && false)
     - make $MAKEJOBS $GOAL || ( echo "Build failure. Verbose build follows." && make $GOAL V=1 ; false )
+    - make distdir
     - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/depends/$HOST/lib
     - if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "true" ]; then make $MAKEJOBS check VERBOSE=1; fi
     - if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "true" ]; then qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py --coverage; fi