diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a41a0677..d9f4f933 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ language: go
 go:
   - 1.7.x
   - 1.8.x
+  - 1.9beta2
 
 # first part of the GOARCH workaround
 # setting the GOARCH directly doesn't work, since the value will be overwritten later