diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 52064b146..a41a32f16 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ script:
   - ./cppcheck-htmlreport --file ../gui/test/data/xmlfiles/xmlreport_v1.xml --title "this is a test" --report-dir . --source-dir ../test/
   - ./cppcheck-htmlreport --file ../gui/test/data/xmlfiles/xmlreport_v2.xml --title "this is a test" --report-dir . --source-dir ../test/
   - cd ../
+  - mkdir install_test
+  - make DESTDIR=install_test install
 notifications:
   irc:
     channels: