diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bf734b953755812896fc7d8eaa78fd72a754d1fa..df5569ce1cb981101c23e0db64318fd650130a92 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ env:
   - DEFINES=standard
   - DEFINES=PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE
   - DEFINES=PUGIXML_COMPACT
+  - DEFINES=PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS
 script:
   - make test cxxstd=c++11 defines=$DEFINES config=coverage -j2
   - make test cxxstd=c++11 defines=$DEFINES config=release -j2