diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6d9749af3..d21bb996b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ script:
     else
       cargo build --all-targets --verbose --features "$FEATURES"
     fi
+    (cd rdkafka-sys && cargo test --features "$FEATURES")
 
 notifications:
   webhooks:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ce5287da4..5d7c111b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ keywords = ["kafka", "rdkafka"]
 categories = ["api-bindings"]
 edition = "2018"
 
+[workspace]
+members = ["rdkafka-sys"]
+
 [dependencies]
 rdkafka-sys = { path = "rdkafka-sys", version = "2.0.0", default-features = false }
 futures = "0.3.0"