diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fee019c2f8f96b6f9ea73d1a252a47be237f97c9..5b4e6aee5651f0f2f1c8036623737cd053841504 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ matrix:
               - USE_BUNDLED_BOOST=0
               - USE_BUNDLED_CMARK=0
               - USE_BUNDLED_JSON=0
+              - MTX_STATIC=1
         - os: linux
           compiler: gcc
           env: