diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8285cd00d..5ffedee5e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ script:
   - ./tools/test_showtimetop5.sh
 # check the files in cgf dir with xmllint
   - xmllint --noout cfg/*
+# check matchcompiler
+  - ./tools/test_matchcompiler.py
 # check if Makefile needs to be regenerated
   - git clean -dfx
   - make dmake