diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1f3d11e1..2d742a30 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: pylint
       install: pip install pylint
       script: pylint osbuild osbuild-run assemblers/* stages/*
+    - name: rpm
+      before_install:
+        - sudo apt-get install -y rpm python3-setuptools
+        - sudo wget --directory-prefix=/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-rpm-macros/raw/master/f/macros.python-srpm
+        - sudo wget --directory-prefix=/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-rpm-macros/raw/master/f/macros.python
+        - sudo wget --directory-prefix=/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-rpm-macros/raw/master/f/macros.python3
+      script: make rpm-nodeps
     - name: pipeline-noop
       before_install: sudo apt-get install -y systemd-container
       script: sudo env "PATH=$PATH" python3 -m osbuild --libdir . --output . samples/noop.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 24ead901..83a50d2f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@ rpm: $(PACKAGE_NAME).spec tarball
 	rm -r "`pwd`/rpmbuild"
 	rm -r "`pwd`/build"
 
+rpm-nodeps: $(PACKAGE_NAME).spec tarball
+	- rm -r "`pwd`/output"
+	mkdir -p "`pwd`/output"
+	mkdir -p "`pwd`/rpmbuild"
+	/usr/bin/rpmbuild -bb \
+	  --nodeps \
+	  --define "_sourcedir `pwd`" \
+	  --define "_specdir `pwd`" \
+	  --define "_builddir `pwd`/rpmbuild" \
+	  --define "_srcrpmdir `pwd`" \
+	  --define "_rpmdir `pwd`/output" \
+	  --define "_buildrootdir `pwd`/build" \
+	  $(PACKAGE_NAME).spec
+	rm -r "`pwd`/rpmbuild"
+	rm -r "`pwd`/build"
+
 copy-rpms-to-test: rpm
 	- rm test/testing-rpms/*.rpm
 	find `pwd`/output -name '*.rpm' -printf '%f\n' -exec cp {} test/testing-rpms/ \;