diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 279658b116..66285554a1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ script:
 matrix:
   include:
     - env:
-        - CONFIG="--disable-system"
+        - CONFIG="--disable-system --static"
 
 
     # we split the system builds as it takes a while to build them all