diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0b7cf31c..a98baf6a 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 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)