diff --git a/.travis-test-riot.sh b/.travis-test-riot.sh
index 9adc676b0e..5f070a181c 100755
--- a/.travis-test-riot.sh
+++ b/.travis-test-riot.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ ln -s "$REACT_SDK_DIR/node_modules/matrix-js-sdk" node_modules/matrix-js-sdk
 rm -r node_modules/matrix-react-sdk
 ln -s "$REACT_SDK_DIR" node_modules/matrix-react-sdk
 
+npm run build
 npm run test
 popd