diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c1d3b8810b..55440cd700 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/travis_ci/
+
+os:
+  - linux
+  - windows
+
+
 # run on containerized infrastructure hopefully
-dist: trusty
 sudo: false
 language: generic
 
@@ -16,7 +21,8 @@ before_install:
 # Download and unpack the stack executable
 - mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
 - export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
-- travis_retry curl -L https://get.haskellstack.org/stable/linux-x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz --wildcards --strip-components=1 -C ~/.local/bin '*/stack'
+- if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux"   ]; then travis_retry curl -L https://get.haskellstack.org/stable/linux-x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz --wildcards --strip-components=1 -C ~/.local/bin '*/stack'; fi
+- if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "windows" ]; then travis_retry curl -L https://get.haskellstack.org/stable/windows-x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz --wildcards --strip-components=1 -C ~/.local/bin '*/stack'; fi
 
 install:
 - stack ghc -- --version