diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9ac347ab0..1c68cd280 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ matrix:
     install:
       - sudo apt-get -y install libboost-{chrono,program-options,date-time,thread,system,filesystem,regex,serialization}1.58{-dev,.0}
     script:
+      - make debug
       - make debug-test
     after_success:
       - coveralls --exclude external --exclude tests -e cmake -e contrib -e translations -e utils --gcov-options '\-lp'