diff --git a/travis-script.sh b/travis-script.sh
index 6927f0dc8..4dbe2fbc1 100755
--- a/travis-script.sh
+++ b/travis-script.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ $ANDROID list targets
 $ANDROID update project -t 1 -p projects/mtg/Android
 ant debug -f projects/mtg/Android/build.xml
 
+# we're building a Qt version with GUI here
+mkdir qt-gui-build
+cd qt-gui-build
+qmake ../projects/mtg/wagic-qt.pro CONFIG+=debug CONFIG+=graphics
+make -j 8
+cd ..
+
 # let's try an Intel linux binary
 qmake projects/mtg/wagic-qt.pro CONFIG+=console CONFIG+=debug DEFINES+=CAPTURE_STDERR
 make -j 8