diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ca62952..5d1b762 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ julia:
 notifications:
   email: false
 script:
-  # we can't actually run on travis, so just make sure it's installable
  - if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
- - julia -e 'Pkg.clone(pwd()); Pkg.build("PortAudio"); using PortAudio'
+ - julia -e 'Pkg.clone(pwd()); Pkg.build("PortAudio"); Pkg.test("PortAudio")'
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 0908f4f..64390f9 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -24,5 +24,4 @@ build_script:
       Pkg.clone(pwd(), \"PortAudio\"); Pkg.build(\"PortAudio\")"
 
 test_script:
-  # can't actually run the test, so just make sure it's installable
-  - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "using PortAudio"
+  - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia --check-bounds=yes -e "Pkg.test(\"PortAudio\")"