diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa085cd..9aa69fd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 Cargo.lock
-/target
+**/target
 **/*.rs.bk
+
+
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7dcbff9..bdd4dac 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ rust:
 script:
   - cargo build --verbose
   - cargo test --verbose
-  - cargo check --target thumbv7m-none-eabi # check for no_std
+  - cd ci/no_std_test && rustup target add thumbv7m-none-eabi && cargo check --target thumbv7m-none-eabi # check for no_std
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
     - rust: nightly
diff --git a/ci/no_std_test/Cargo.toml b/ci/no_std_test/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fe4c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/no_std_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "no_std_test"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["marcelbuesing <buesing.marcel@googlemail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+bme680 = { path = "../../"}
+log = "0.4"
diff --git a/ci/no_std_test/src/lib.rs b/ci/no_std_test/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebb5111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/no_std_test/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#![no_std]
+
+use bme680::*;
+use log::info;
+
+pub fn test_no_std() {
+    info!("chipid {:?}", BME680_CHIP_ID);
+}
\ No newline at end of file