diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c7aa77a..b1e586e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,22 @@ dist: trusty
 
 language: c
 
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - go: 1.7
+
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - sudo apt-get install -y autoconf automake pkg-config -qq
+  - sudo apt-get install -y autoconf automake pkg-config libdevmapper-dev libsqlite3-dev libvirt-dev qemu libvirt-bin -qq
+  - cd `mktemp -d`
+  - wget https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/snapshot/lvm2-2_02_131.tar.xz
+  - tar xf lvm2-2_02_131.tar.xz
+  - cd lvm2-2_02_131
+  - ./configure && make device-mapper && sudo make install
 
 script:
+  - cd ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}
   - ./autogen.sh
   - ./configure
   - make
+  - hack/test-cmd.sh
diff --git a/hack/test-cmd.sh b/hack/test-cmd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9f414bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/test-cmd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+###########################
+# test hyperstart from hyper
+
+export HYPER_RUNTIME=/var/lib/hyper
+sudo mkdir -p ${HYPER_RUNTIME}
+sudo cp build/kernel ${HYPER_RUNTIME}/kernel
+sudo cp build/hyper-initrd.img ${HYPER_RUNTIME}/hyper-initrd.img
+
+mkdir -p ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/hyperhq
+git clone https://github.com/hyperhq/hyperd.git ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/hyperhq/hyperd
+cd ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/hyperhq/hyperd
+./autogen.sh
+./configure
+make
+hack/test-cmd.sh
+