diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f4f420cb..843e0d6c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ script:
     # Change back to repository root directory and run all doc examples
     - cd ..
     - for f in doc/examples/*.py; do $PYTHON "$f"; if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi done
+    - for f in doc/examples/applications/*.py; do $PYTHON "$f"; if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi done
     - flake8 --exit-zero --exclude=test_*,six.py skimage doc/examples viewer_examples