diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ebda35a56..24eefab1a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ matrix:
     - jdk: oraclejdk8
       env:
         - DESC="cobertura and codecov"
-        - CMD="mvn clean cobertura:check cobertura:cobertura"
+        - CMD="mvn clean compile cobertura:check cobertura:cobertura"
         - COVERAGE_CMD="bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)"
     # findbugs and pmd (oraclejdk8)
     - jdk: oraclejdk8