diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dabb5dd91..37a96913c 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 cf173576b..b2c235a82 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)