diff --git a/travis-test.sh b/travis-test.sh
index 629e3d666..8836f6478 100755
--- a/travis-test.sh
+++ b/travis-test.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -eu
 # Check that the servers build (this is done explicitly because `gb build` can silently fail (exit 0) and then we'd test a stale binary)
 gb build github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/cmd/dendrite-room-server
 gb build github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/cmd/roomserver-integration-tests
+gb build github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/cmd/dendrite-sync-api-server
 gb build github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/cmd/syncserver-integration-tests
 
 # Run the pre commit hooks