diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 33887e7284fdf5406b3a6109ad19c8c97f0e4f48..0cfdf809509ed55b296af34364c89e899b136170 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ before_script:
 script:
   # Many unit tests still fail on macOS, and there are a bunch of issues with
   # syntax-check as well, so skip those steps on that platform for now
-  - make -j3 && if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != "osx" ]; then make -j3 syntax-check && make -j3 check; fi
+  - make -j3 && if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != "osx" ]; then make -j3 syntax-check && make -j3 distcheck; fi
 
 after_failure:
   - echo '============================================================================'