diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 616a30d8ed..40fb3d2868 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ env:
     - PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
     - PIP_CACHE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/pip"  # unify pip cache location for all platforms
 stages:
-  - check
   - test
   - build
+  - check
 # Travis doesn't support testing python on Mac yet, so we need
 # to workaround it by installing it directly with brew.
 #