diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 78a0d9c6..e2a6d037 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ env:
     GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: travis-ci
     GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: travis@travis-ci.org
 
+addons:
+  apt:
+    sources:
+    - sourceline: 'ppa:duggan/bats'
+    packages:
+    - bats
+
 script:
 - crystal spec
 - crystal tool format --check src spec
+- bats examples_test.bats
 - "if [ $TRAVIS_TEST_RESULT -eq 0 ]; then scripts/generate-docs.sh && curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/straight-shoota/autodeploy-docs/master/autodeploy-docs.sh | bash; fi"
diff --git a/examples_test.bats b/examples_test.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36138a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples_test.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+@test "examples/config" {
+  pushd "examples/config"
+  shards install
+
+  crystal run config.cr
+  crystal run config.cr --release --no-debug
+  popd
+}
+
+@test "examples/kemal" {
+  pushd "examples/kemal"
+  shards install
+
+  crystal build kemal.cr
+  crystal build kemal.cr --release --no-debug
+
+  popd
+}
+
+@test "examples/kilt" {
+  pushd "examples/kilt"
+  shards install
+
+  crystal run kilt.cr
+  crystal run kilt.cr --release --no-debug
+
+  popd
+}
+
+@test "examples/rwbench" {
+  pushd "examples/rwbench"
+  shards install
+
+  crystal run rwbench.cr
+  crystal run rwbench.cr --release --no-debug
+
+  popd
+}
+
+@test "examples/server" {
+  pushd "examples/server"
+  shards install
+
+  crystal build server.cr
+  crystal build server.cr --release --no-debug
+
+  popd
+}
diff --git a/shard.yml b/shard.yml
index b611e955..1d47e147 100644
--- a/shard.yml
+++ b/shard.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: crinja
 version: 0.3.0
 license: Apache-2.0
-crystal: 0.24.1
+crystal: 0.25.1
 
 authors:
   - Johannes Müller <straightshoota@gmail.com>