diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bc130cc89..abbbfdd1f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ addons:
         - libxrandr-dev 
         - libxinerama-dev 
         - libxcursor-dev
+        - clang
 language: python
 python:
   - "3.5"
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@ install:
     - make install
     - cd ..
     - PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/glfw/lib/pkgconfig pkg-config --cflags glfw3
+env:
+    - CC=gcc
+    - CC=clang
 before_script:
-    - PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/glfw/lib/pkgconfig python setup.py 
+    - PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/glfw/lib/pkgconfig python setup.py build --debug
 script: 
     - PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/glfw/lib/pkgconfig LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/glfw/lib python setup.py test
diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 5791d9f45..e9360f24f 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ the following dependencies are installed first.
 * glfw-dev >= 3.2
 * freetype
 * fontconfig
-* gcc (required for building, clang should also work, but it is not tested)
+* gcc or clang (required for building)
 * pkg-config (required for building)
 
 Install kitty with: