diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c39e1546e..3f8b7ee3a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ env:
 install:
   - pip install docutils==$DOCUTILS
   - pip install -r test-reqs.txt
+before_script: flake8
 script: make test