diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2425b20a..7c0296d8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ addons:
     - ant
     - socat
     - cmake
+    - clang-tidy
 
 before_install:
   # homebrew is dead slow in older images due to the many updates it would need to download and build.