diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5710991..c8d12d3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ before_install:
 # This line does all of the work: installs GHC if necessary, build the library,
 # executables, and test suites, and runs the test suites. --no-terminal works
 # around some quirks in Travis's terminal implementation.
-script: stack $ARGS --no-terminal --install-ghc test --haddock # --pedantic
+script:
+# Avoid running out of memory on Travis
+- stack $ARGS --no-terminal --install-ghc build --haddock haskell-src-exts
+
+- stack $ARGS --no-terminal --install-ghc test --haddock # --pedantic
 
 # Caching so the next build will be fast too.
 cache: