diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8b33004a..8038d34d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ compiler: gcc
 sudo: false
 install:
 - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-5" CC="gcc-5"; fi
-script: ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make distcheck -j3
+script: ./autogen.sh && ./configure LDFLAGS="-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc" && make distcheck -j3
 after_script: test -e test/test-suite.log  && cat test/test-suite.log
 
 env: