diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d6b73b85af4b909a8eb379dbdf2e2c20660ba874..12fcae3983d8297979a06abf0aa68ebcffdc679b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ script:
   # file to see the specific configuration
   - curl -LsS https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-4.0.0.1744-linux.zip > sonar-scanner-cli-4.0.0.1744-linux.zip
   - unzip sonar-scanner-cli-4.0.0.1744-linux.zip
-  - sonar-scanner-4.0.0.1744-linux/bin/sonar-scanner -D sonar.branch.name=$(if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]; then echo $TRAVIS_BRANCH; else echo pr-$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST; fi) -Dsonar.projectKey=jenkins-zh_jenkins-cli -Dsonar.organization=jenkins-zh -Dsonar.sources=. -Dsonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io -Dsonar.login=674e187e300edc0ad56a05705bd0b21cbe18bd52
+  - export branch=$(if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]; then echo $TRAVIS_BRANCH; else echo pr-$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST; fi)
+  - sonar-scanner-4.0.0.1744-linux/bin/sonar-scanner -D sonar.branch.name=$branch -Dsonar.projectKey=jenkins-zh_jenkins-cli -Dsonar.organization=jenkins-zh -Dsonar.sources=. -Dsonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io -Dsonar.login=674e187e300edc0ad56a05705bd0b21cbe18bd52
+  - if [ 'OK' != $(curl -s "https://sonarcloud.io/api/qualitygates/project_status?branch=$branch&projectKey=jenkins-zh_jenkins-cli" | python -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['projectStatus']['status'])") ]; then exit -1; fi