diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6f49a848bc676c1aa8938a48d2424cb34bfb05bb..a4977a181975d5170e7e3f926951f236c5721ffa 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ services:
 branches:
   only:
     - master
+    - /^release\-.+/
 
 script:
   - mntdir='/mnt/ocs-url'