diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5c0430c9f1..e54d79cfbd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ script:
   - cargo build --verbose --no-default-features
   - cargo build --verbose --features "http"
   - cargo build --verbose --features "ws"
+  - cargo check --benches --all-features
   # TODO: add this back when the documentation has been updated.
   # - RUSTDOCFLAGS="--deny intra_doc_link_resolution_failure" cargo +nightly doc --verbose --workspace --no-deps --document-private-items
   - cargo +nightly doc --verbose --workspace --no-deps --document-private-items