diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f28c1d1c5..b318abfa1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@ env:
   - TEST_SUITE=ant
   - TEST_SUITE=unit
   - TEST_SUITE=regression
+  - TEST_SUITE=bazel
+
+# Prerequisites for Bazel
+addons:
+  apt:
+    sources:
+      - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+    packages:
+      - curl
+      - pkg-config
+      - zip
+      - g++
+      - zlib1g-dev
+      - unzip
+      - python
+
+sudo: $TEST_SUITE = bazel
 
 # Empty the previously built artifacts
 # They cannot be deleted in the before_cache phase,
diff --git a/jflex/examples/WORKSPACE b/jflex/examples/WORKSPACE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jflex/examples/WORKSPACE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/scripts/bazel.sh b/scripts/bazel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f233e464f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bazel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Run bazel on examples
+
+CWD="$PWD"
+BASEDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"/..
+# Provides the logi function
+source "$BASEDIR"/scripts/logger.sh
+# fail on error
+set -e
+
+logi "Install Bazel"
+logi "============="
+curl -L https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.16.1/bazel_0.16.1-linux-x86_64.deb -o tools/bazel-0.16.1.deb
+sudo install tools/bazel-0.16.1.deb
+
+logi "Run Bazel tests on examples"
+logi "==========================="
+cd jflex/examples
+bazel test /..
+
+cd "$CWD"
diff --git a/scripts/run-tests.sh b/scripts/run-tests.sh
index 8f012ac51..2c7536b87 100755
--- a/scripts/run-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-tests.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ if [[ -z "$TEST_SUITE" || "$TEST_SUITE" == "ant" ]]; then
   "$BASEDIR"/scripts/ant-build.sh
   "$BASEDIR"/scripts/test-examples.sh
 fi
+if [[ -z "$TEST_SUITE" || "$TEST_SUITE" == "bazel" ]]; then
+  "$BASEDIR"/scripts/bazel.sh
+fi
 
 logi "Success"
 cd "$CWD"