diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 393a93c2d3a07f4fd2dc4d3d30db66d67038c000..01a081a5ffb3a905baf0d54a187e6a2022c7ebad 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ install:
   - sudo apt-get -q install binutils-dev python-daemon python-yaml python-pexpect
 
 script:
-  - mkdir ./build && cd ./build && cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+  - mkdir ./build && cd ./build && cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebugInfo
   - make -j8
   - make test