diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 859a44a221097ffe6d34820625306476202ece94..b0246914e83cf607862f8ab02f0ea731ca047a07 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ before_install:
  - sudo dpkg -i libgflags-dev_2.0-1_amd64.deb
 # Lousy hack to disable use and testing of fallocate, which doesn't behave quite
 # as EnvPosixTest::AllocateTest expects within the Travis OpenVZ environment.
-script: OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make unity && make clean && OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make check
+script: OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make unity && make clean && OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make db_test && ./db_test
 notifications:
     email: false