diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9dd587be9..6191e7e26 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ sudo: false
 
 env:
     - TOX_ENV=py27-flake8
+    - TOX_ENV=py27-docs
     - TOX_ENV=py34-django17
     - TOX_ENV=py33-django17
     - TOX_ENV=py32-django17
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a7200a3f3..6b680813d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -29,3 +29,8 @@ deps =
        pytest==2.5.2
        flake8==2.2.2
 commands = ./runtests.py --lintonly
+
+[testenv:py27-docs]
+deps =
+       mkdocs>=0.11.1
+commands = mkdocs build