diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6e46704..901c5a7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 jdk:
   - oraclejdk8
   - openjdk11
+  
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - arch: s390x
+      jdk: openjdk11
+      
 before_install:
   - rvm reload
   - rvm use 2.4.2 --install
@@ -46,9 +52,12 @@
   - export MVN_HOME=$HOME/apache-maven-3.6.3
   - if [ ! -d $MVN_HOME/bin ]; then wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.6.3/binaries/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz -P $HOME; tar xzvf $HOME/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz -C $HOME; fi
   - export PATH=$MVN_HOME/bin:$PATH
+
 install: /bin/bash ./dev-tools/travis/travis-install.sh `pwd`
 script:
-  - /bin/bash ./dev-tools/travis/travis-script.sh `pwd` $MODULES
+  - if [[ $(uname -m) != 's390x' ]]; then 
+      /bin/bash ./dev-tools/travis/travis-script.sh `pwd` $MODULES;
+    fi
 cache:
   directories:
     - "$HOME/.m2/repository"