diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d770e7261f5..23b1dda4262 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
   - sudo apt-get install -qq libgtest-dev libgflags-dev python-virtualenv
 script:
+  - make CONFIG=dbg buildtests_cxx Q=
   - ./tools/run_tests/run_tests.py -l c -t -j 16 -c dbg -s 2.0
   - ./tools/run_tests/run_tests.py -l c++ -t -j 16 -c dbg -s 2.0
   - make clean