diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d18a6e76f..d8e4f9f38 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ script:  # command output is not hidden
   - stack build --ghc-options=-Werror hledger-web
   - stack build --ghc-options=-Werror hledger-api
 
+  # run the built-in hunit tests. This doesn't run the doctests, 
+  # but doesn't require rebuilding and is fast
+  - stack exec -- hledger test
+
   # run functional tests, skipping the ones for addons
   - COLUMNS=80 stack exec -- shelltest --execdir -j16 tests -x /bin -x /addons