diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e2639a1ebde6914667a98eb431f51045d37473be..310824f0da38afeaa2b896ab70f0331febc8127e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ services:
 branches:
   only:
     - master
+    - /^release\-.+/
 
 script:
   - mntdir='/mnt/ocs-manager'