diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6771c61..dbda060 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ d:
   - dmd-nightly
   - ldc-latest-ci
 
+before_install:
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install ninja-build python3-pip python3-setuptools; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew update && brew install ninja; fi
+  - pip3 install meson
+
 matrix:
   include:
      # Last FE GDC is compatible with
diff --git a/travis.sh b/travis.sh
index de2efb7..725aea3 100755
--- a/travis.sh
+++ b/travis.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ if [ ! -z "${COVERAGE:-}" ]; then
     wget https://codecov.io/bash -O codecov.sh
     bash codecov.sh
 else
-	dub test
+    dub test
+    meson build
+    ninja -C build
 fi