diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 12c9db2..3e5d47d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ before_install:
 script:
   - go vet
   - go test -race -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic
+  - make sharness
 
 after_success:
     - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7811c09..88520fe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ deps: gx covertools
 	gx --verbose install --global
 	gx-go rewrite
 
+sharness: deps
+	git clone https://github.com/multiformats/multihash.git $(PWD)/sharness
+	cd $(PWD)/multihash && go build -v . && ls && chmod +x ./multihash
+	export MULTIHASH_BIN="$(PWD)/multihash/multihash" && export TEST_EXPENSE=1 && make -j1 -C $(PWD)/sharness/tests/sharness
+
 publish:
 	gx-go rewrite --undo