diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e386b27..4df0f15 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-language: c
-compiler:
-  - gcc
-  - clang
-script: make
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - language: c
+      compiler: gcc
+      script: make
+    - language: c
+      compiler: clang
+      script: make
+    - language: python
+      python: "2.7"
+      before_install: pip install cython
+      script: python setup.py build_ext
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0567269..48ea483 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CC=			gcc
 CFLAGS=		-g -Wall -O2 -Wc++-compat
 CPPFLAGS=	-DHAVE_KALLOC
 INCLUDES=