diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 19c924af..3160ccc2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ addons:
 
 script:
   - |
+    bash ./scripts/find-dead-symlinks || exit 1
     bash ./scripts/license-headers-updated || exit 1
     cargo build --all --all-features -j 1 || exit 1
     cargo test  --all --all-features -j 1 || exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/find-dead-symlinks b/scripts/find-dead-symlinks
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b1dff84c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/find-dead-symlinks
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+[[ 0 == "$(find . -xtype l | wc -l)" ]] || {
+    echo >2 "DEAD SYMLINKS FOUND"
+    exit 1
+}
+