diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0b7cf31c..c064811d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ script:
 - (cd serde_tests && travis-cargo --only nightly test -- --features nightly-testing)
 - (cd serde_macros && travis-cargo --only nightly test -- --features nightly-testing)
 - (cd serde_macros && travis-cargo --only nightly bench -- --features nightly-testing)
+- (cd examples/serde-syntex-example && travis-cargo --skip 1.5.0 run)
+- (cd examples/serde-syntex-example && travis-cargo --only nightly run -- --features nightly --no-default-features)
 - (cd serde && travis-cargo --only stable doc)
 - (cd serde_codegen && travis-cargo --only stable doc)
 - (cd serde_macros && travis-cargo --only nightly doc)
diff --git a/examples/serde-syntex-example/src/main.rs b/examples/serde-syntex-example/src/main.rs
index 9c2333fb..0a8804ab 100644
--- a/examples/serde-syntex-example/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/serde-syntex-example/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#![cfg_attr(nightly, feature(custom_derive, plugin))]
-#![cfg_attr(nightly, plugin(serde_macros))]
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "serde_macros", feature(custom_derive, plugin))]
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "serde_macros", plugin(serde_macros))]
 
 extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_json;