diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index be11604af24..9aae18f7534 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: go install -v . && go get -u github.com/vektah/dataloaden github.com/pkg/errors
       - run: go generate ./... && if [[ $(git --no-pager diff) ]] ; then echo "you need to run go generate" ; git --no-pager diff ; exit 1 ; fi
       - run: go vet ./...
-      - run: go test ./...
+      - run: go test -race ./...
       - run: gometalinter --vendor ./...