diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0e0a27ad4..5c01b89e5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ before_script:
   - psql -c "CREATE DATABASE sapl OWNER sapl;" -U postgres
 
 script:
+  - ./check_migrations.sh
   - ./manage.py migrate
   - ./manage.py bower install
   - py.test --create-db
diff --git a/check_migrations.sh b/check_migrations.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2355c512a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_migrations.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+python manage.py makemigrations --dry-run --exit > /dev/null
+
+MIGRATIONS=$?
+
+[ $MIGRATIONS -eq 0 ] && echo "You have unapplied code change. run 'python manage.py makemigrations'" && exit 1
+[ $MIGRATIONS -ne 0 ] && echo "" && exit 0
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