diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f1d2a75c..b3eab26a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ addons:
       name: "troglobit/finit"
       description: "finit | Fast & Extensible init for Linux"
     notification_email: troglobit@gmail.com
+    build_command_prepend: "./configure"
     build_command:      "make"
     branch_pattern:     dev
 
-script: make
+script: ./configure && make