diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 95c670a89..2d970757e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ env:
   ## of environment variable defined below
   - BUILD_TYPE='doxygen'  BUILD_CATEGORY='doxygen'
   - BUILD_TYPE='compile-base' BUILD_CATEGORY='compile'
+  - BUILD_TYPE='compile-tools' BUILD_CATEGORY='compile'
   - BUILD_TYPE='collect'
   - BUILD_TYPE='collect-lossy'
   - BUILD_TYPE='rpl'