diff --git a/src/secp256k1/.travis.yml b/src/secp256k1/.travis.yml
index 222dbfb31c..e881111492 100644
--- a/src/secp256k1/.travis.yml
+++ b/src/secp256k1/.travis.yml
@@ -1,61 +1,68 @@
 language: c
 sudo: false
 addons:
   apt:
-    packages: libgmp-dev
+    packages:
+      - libgmp-dev
+      - ninja-build
 compiler:
   - clang
   - gcc
 env:
   global:
     - FIELD=auto  BIGNUM=auto  SCALAR=auto  ENDOMORPHISM=no  STATICPRECOMPUTATION=yes  ASM=no  BUILD=check  EXTRAFLAGS=  HOST=  ECDH=no  RECOVERY=no  SCHNORR=yes  EXPERIMENTAL=no  JNI=no
   matrix:
     - SCALAR=32bit    RECOVERY=yes
     - SCALAR=32bit    FIELD=32bit       ECDH=yes  EXPERIMENTAL=yes
     - SCALAR=64bit
     - FIELD=64bit     RECOVERY=yes
     - FIELD=64bit     ENDOMORPHISM=yes
     - FIELD=64bit     ENDOMORPHISM=yes  ECDH=yes EXPERIMENTAL=yes
     - FIELD=64bit                       ASM=x86_64
     - FIELD=64bit     ENDOMORPHISM=yes  ASM=x86_64
     - FIELD=32bit     ENDOMORPHISM=yes
     - BIGNUM=no
     - BIGNUM=no       ENDOMORPHISM=yes RECOVERY=yes EXPERIMENTAL=yes
     - BIGNUM=no       STATICPRECOMPUTATION=no
     - BUILD=distcheck
     - EXTRAFLAGS=CPPFLAGS=-DDETERMINISTIC
     - EXTRAFLAGS=CFLAGS=-O0
     - BUILD=check-java JNI=yes ECDH=yes EXPERIMENTAL=yes
     - SCHNORR=no
 matrix:
   fast_finish: true
   include:
     - compiler: clang
       env: HOST=i686-linux-gnu ENDOMORPHISM=yes
       addons:
         apt:
           packages:
             - gcc-multilib
             - libgmp-dev:i386
+            - ninja-build:i386
     - compiler: clang
       env: HOST=i686-linux-gnu
       addons:
         apt:
           packages:
             - gcc-multilib
+            - ninja-build:i386
     - compiler: gcc
       env: HOST=i686-linux-gnu ENDOMORPHISM=yes
       addons:
         apt:
           packages:
             - gcc-multilib
+            - ninja-build:i386
     - compiler: gcc
       env: HOST=i686-linux-gnu
       addons:
         apt:
           packages:
             - gcc-multilib
             - libgmp-dev:i386
+            - ninja-build:i386
 script:
  - ./travis/build_autotools.sh
+ - ./travis/build_cmake.sh
 os: linux
diff --git a/src/secp256k1/travis/build_cmake.sh b/src/secp256k1/travis/build_cmake.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..62baea283e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/secp256k1/travis/build_cmake.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+set -ex
+
+if [ "x$HOST" = "xi686-linux-gnu" ]; then
+  TOOLCHAIN_FILE="-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../cmake/platforms/Linux32.cmake"
+fi
+
+if [ "x$BIGNUM" = "xno" ]; then
+  USE_GMP="-DGMP_LIBRARY=OFF"
+fi
+
+mkdir -p buildcmake
+pushd buildcmake
+
+cmake -GNinja .. \
+  -DSECP256K1_ECMULT_STATIC_PRECOMPUTATION=$STATICPRECOMPUTATION \
+  -DSECP256K1_ENABLE_MODULE_ECDH=$ECDH \
+  -DSECP256K1_ENABLE_MODULE_RECOVERY=$RECOVERY \
+  -DSECP256K1_ENABLE_MODULE_SCHNORR=$SCHNORR \
+  -DSECP256K1_ENABLE_JNI=$JNI \
+  -DUSE_ASM_X86_64=$ASM \
+  $USE_GMP \
+  $TOOLCHAIN_FILE \
+
+ninja check-secp256k1
+
+popd