diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b0f7a938..bf46340f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ language: haskell
 ghc:
   - 7.8
 
-after_success:
-  - sudo apt-get -y install doctest
+script:
+  - cabal configure --enable-tests && cabal build && cabal test
+  - cabal check
+  - cabal sdist
+  - cabal install doctest
   - ./test-docs.sh
 
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