diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4b51dcb70..84d0bf445 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ script:
   - ${CPPCHECK} --dump namingng_test.c
   - python3 ../namingng.py --configfile ../naming.json --verify namingng_test.c.dump
   - cd ../..
-
+# try CMake
+  - mkdir cmake.output
+  - cd cmake.output
+  - cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" ..
+  - cd ..
 
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