diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2a3366734d..6ae946cfce 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ matrix:
     - os: linux
       python: "3.6"
       env: DEVITO_ARCH=gcc-4.9 DEVITO_OPENMP=1 OMP_NUM_THREADS=2
+    - os: linux
+      python: "3.6"
+      env: DEVITO_ARCH=gcc-4.9 DEVITO_OPENMP=1 OMP_NUM_THREADS=2 DEVITO_FIRST_TOUCH=1
     - os: linux
       python: "3.6"
       env: DEVITO_ARCH=gcc-7 DEVITO_OPENMP=0 DEVITO_BACKEND=yask