diff --git a/.travis.sh b/.travis.sh
index cde17119..f0e79659 100755
--- a/.travis.sh
+++ b/.travis.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ cd expat
 if [[ ${MODE} = distcheck ]]; then
     ./configure
     make distcheck
+
+    mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,BUILDROOT,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
+    ln -v -s "$PWD"/expat-*.tar.bz2 ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
+    rpmbuild -ba expat.spec
 else
     ./qa.sh "${MODE}"
 fi
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b41f7011..30a1c5ea 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ addons:
       - clang-4.0
       - docbook2x
       - dos2unix
+      - rpm
 
 script:
   - ./.travis.sh