diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 52445dedc..ec2afbe77 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
 
 language: go
 go:
-  - "1.10"
+  - "1.10.x"
 
 go_import_path: github.com/coredns/coredns
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4c52b7717..998b88d60 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ coredns: $(CHECKS)
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 $(SYSTEM) go build $(VERBOSE) -ldflags="-s -w -X github.com/coredns/coredns/coremain.GitCommit=$(GITCOMMIT)" -o $(BINARY)
 
 .PHONY: check
-check: presubmit linter goimports core/zplugin.go core/dnsserver/zdirectives.go godeps
+check: presubmit goimports core/zplugin.go core/dnsserver/zdirectives.go godeps linter
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: check