diff --git a/.travis/autotools-linux b/.travis/autotools-linux
index a5bf1400..36828641 100755
--- a/.travis/autotools-linux
+++ b/.travis/autotools-linux
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ travis_script() {
   cd _build  # pushd
   ../configure $CONFIG_FLAGS || (cat config.log && false)
   make "-j$NPROC" -k CFLAGS="$C_FLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LD_FLAGS"
-  make -j50 -k distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="$CONFIG_FLAGS"
+  make -j50 -k distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="$CONFIG_FLAGS" || (cat build/test-suite.log && false)
   cd -  # popd
 }