diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b6fa63c5d..b045d259e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ before_script:
 # as EnvPosixTest::AllocateTest expects within the Travis OpenVZ environment.
 script:
   - if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == 'linux' ]]; then OPT=-DTRAVIS CLANG_FORMAT_DIFF=/tmp/clang-format-diff.py make format || true; fi
-  - OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make -j4 check && OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make clean jclean rocksdbjava jtest && make clean && OPT="-DTRAVIS -DROCKSDB_LITE" V=1 make -j4 check
+  - OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make -j4 check && OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make clean jclean rocksdbjava jtest && make clean && OPT="-DTRAVIS -DROCKSDB_LITE" V=1 make -j4 static_lib
 
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