diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 424fff9..453fa92 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ before_deploy:
   - "sudo apt-get -q update"
   - "sudo apt-get -V install pandoc"
   - "pip install pypandoc"
+  - "pip install restructuredtext_lint && t=$(mktemp --suffix=.rst) && pandoc README.md -o $t && rst-lint $t"
 deploy:
   provider: pypi
   user: desbma