diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3ce93cb434..e6ba6f4752 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 sudo: false
 language: python
-python: 2.7
 
 # tell travis to cache ~/.cache/pip
 cache: pip
 
-env:
-  - TOX_ENV=packaging
-  - TOX_ENV=pep8
-  - TOX_ENV=py27
+matrix:
+  include:
+  - python: 2.7
+    env: TOX_ENV=packaging
+
+  - python: 2.7
+    env: TOX_ENV=pep8
+
+  - python: 2.7
+    env: TOX_ENV=py27
+    
+  - python: 3.6
+    env: TOX_ENV=py36
 
 install:
   - pip install tox