diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index ef39bd37a..480e93fec 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ lazy val bootstrap = project
   .settings(
     pureJava,
     dontPublish,
+    // seems not to be automatically found with sbt 0.13.16-M1 :-/
+    mainClass := Some("coursier.Bootstrap"),
     renameMainJar("bootstrap.jar")
   )
 
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ lazy val coursier = project
     `sbt-launcher`,
     web,
     doc,
+    echo,
     `http-server`,
     okhttp
   )
diff --git a/scripts/travis.sh b/scripts/travis.sh
index 6f35903b5..5345f8f86 100755
--- a/scripts/travis.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis.sh
@@ -176,6 +176,17 @@ publish() {
   sbt ++${SCALA_VERSION} publish
 }
 
+testBootstrap() {
+  if is211; then
+    sbt ++${SCALA_VERSION} echo/publishLocal cli/pack
+    cli/target/pack/bin/coursier bootstrap -o cs-echo io.get-coursier:echo_2.11:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+    if [ "$(./cs-echo foo)" != foo ]; then
+      echo "Error: unexpected output from bootstrapped echo command." 1>&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
 
 # TODO Add coverage once https://github.com/scoverage/sbt-scoverage/issues/111 is fixed
 
@@ -206,6 +217,8 @@ else
   else
     runJvmTests
 
+    testBootstrap
+
     validateReadme
     checkBinaryCompatibility