diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4df29bb6c..318fdb7b2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ script:
   - make gofmtcheck
   - make vet
   - golint -set_exit_status libvirt/
+  - travis/validate_terraform_files.sh
diff --git a/examples/uefi/libvirt.tf b/examples/uefi/libvirt.tf
index f359414f4..1b5216236 100644
--- a/examples/uefi/libvirt.tf
+++ b/examples/uefi/libvirt.tf
@@ -1,38 +1,43 @@
 provider "libvirt" {
-    uri = "qemu:///system"
+  uri = "qemu:///system"
 }
 
 resource "libvirt_volume" "ubuntu-cloud-uefi" {
-  name = "ubuntu-cloud-uefi"
+  name   = "ubuntu-cloud-uefi"
   source = "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/xenial/current/xenial-server-cloudimg-amd64-uefi1.img"
 }
 
 resource "libvirt_volume" "volume" {
-  name = "vm${count.index}"
+  name           = "vm${count.index}"
   base_volume_id = "${libvirt_volume.ubuntu-cloud-uefi.id}"
-  count = 1
+  count          = 1
 }
 
 resource "libvirt_domain" "domain" {
-  count = 2
-  name = "ubuntu-cloud-${count.index}"
+  count  = 2
+  name   = "ubuntu-cloud-${count.index}"
   memory = "512"
-  vcpu = 1
+  vcpu   = 1
+
   # This file is usually present as part of the ovmf firmware package in many
   # Linux distributions.
   firmware = "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd"
+
   nvram {
     # This is the file which will back the UEFI NVRAM content.
     file = "/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/vm${count.index}_VARS.fd"
+
     # This file needs to be provided by the user.
     template = "/srv/provisioning/terraform/debian-stable-uefi_VARS.fd"
   }
+
   disk {
     volume_id = "${element(libvirt_volume.volume.*.id, count.index)}"
   }
+
   graphics {
-    type = "spice"
+    type        = "spice"
     listen_type = "address"
-    autoport = true
+    autoport    = true
   }
 }
diff --git a/travis/validate_terraform_files.sh b/travis/validate_terraform_files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5b2c6cefd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis/validate_terraform_files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+set -x
+cd examples
+if [ `terraform fmt | wc -c` -ne 0 ]; then echo "terraform files need be formatted! run terraform fmt!"; exit 1; fi