diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a69aa099..ba62900f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+language: go
 
 matrix:
   include:
@@ -21,4 +22,4 @@ install:
 
 script:
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]];   then hack/travis_osx.sh ; fi
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then make check ; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then make vendor && ./hack/tree_status.sh && make check ; fi