diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 598ed5ed3..b5dabc206 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,13 @@ jobs:
         # install helm for helm lint
         - curl -L https://git.io/get_helm.sh
           | bash -s -- -v "${HELM_VERSION}"
+        # yamllint disable rule:line-length
+        - mkdir -p /opt/commitlint && pushd /opt/commitlint
+          && npm init -y && npm install --save-dev @commitlint/travis-cli && popd
+        # yamllint enable rule:line-length
+        - export PATH=/opt/commitlint/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
       script:
+        - commitlint-travis
         - make go-lint
         - make lint-extras
         - make gosec