diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index 0de1077e..dc41463f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
   Bo Lopker                `@blopker`_
   Bouke Haarsma
   Brent Payne              `@brentpayne`_               @brentpayne
+  Bartek                   `@btknu`
   Burhan Khalid            `@burhan`_                   @burhan
   Carl Johnson             `@carlmjohnson`_             @carlmjohnson
   Catherine Devlin         `@catherinedevlin`_
@@ -299,6 +300,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
 .. _@umrashrf: https://github.com/umrashrf
 .. _@ahhda: https://github.com/ahhda
 .. _@keithjeb: https://github.com/keithjeb
+.. _@btknu: https://github.com/btknu
 Special Thanks
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dabb5dd9..37a96913 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ flake8==3.7.6
 tox==3.6.1
 pytest==4.3.0
 pytest-cookies==0.3.0
+pyyaml==3.13
diff --git a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
index cf173576..b2c235a8 100755
--- a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
+++ b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 import sh
+import yaml
 
 import pytest
 from binaryornot.check import is_binary
@@ -85,3 +86,19 @@ def test_flake8_compliance(cookies):
         sh.flake8(str(result.project))
     except sh.ErrorReturnCode as e:
         pytest.fail(e)
+
+
+def test_travis_invokes_pytest(cookies, context):
+    context.update({"use_travisci": "y"})
+    result = cookies.bake(extra_context=context)
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert result.exception is None
+    assert result.project.basename == context["project_slug"]
+    assert result.project.isdir()
+
+    with open(f'{result.project}/.travis.yml', 'r') as travis_yml:
+        try:
+            assert yaml.load(travis_yml)['script'] == ['pytest']
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+            pytest.fail(e)
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
index 5ca54d00..3072f75f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ before_install:
 language: python
 python:
   - "3.6"
+install:
+  - pip install -r requirements/local.txt
+script:
+  - "pytest"