diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a0b9ab2c1c..7e246ba049 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ python:
   - "3.6"
   - "3.7"
   - "3.8"
+  - "3.9"
 # don't rebuild pocketsphinx for every build
 cache:
   - pip