diff --git a/scripts/travis/run-format.sh b/scripts/travis/run-format.sh
index ac203f2ced4a6ae0218e36d889658b43e8da6572..a679442e0c8f45758a3eff722fd5907df3f83c90 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/run-format.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis/run-format.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cd ${SOURCE_DIR}
 
 # Check C and C++ code with clang-format
 echo "Checking formatting for commit range: ${COMMIT_RANGE}"
-DIFF="$(./scripts/developer/git/git-clang-format -x '^thirdparty/' --diff ${COMMIT_RANGE})"
+DIFF="$(./scripts/developer/git/git-clang-format -x '^(thirdparty|cmake/upstream)/' --diff ${COMMIT_RANGE})"
 if [ -n "${DIFF}" ] && [ "${DIFF}" != "no modified files to format" ]
 then
   echo "clang-format:"