diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index beb98d3645..cde7d1a8c8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -89,3 +89,13 @@ matrix:
     - env: CONFIG=""
       os: osx
       compiler: clang
+    - env: CONFIG=""
+      sudo: required
+      addons:
+      dist: trusty
+      compiler: gcc
+      before_install:
+        - sudo apt-get update -qq
+        - sudo apt-get build-dep -qq qemu
+        - wget -O - http://people.linaro.org/~alex.bennee/qemu-submodule-git-seed.tar.xz | tar -xvJ
+        - git submodule update --init --recursive