diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b5713d69331c74eb881097e82c66e75750409d82..2ea529e252b292b3dc4394aa7e3997a4671f6215 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ install:
   - if [[ "$RUST_OPTIONS" != "" ]]; then rustup --version; fi
   - if [[ "$RUST_OPTIONS" != "" ]]; then rustc --version; fi
   - if [[ "$RUST_OPTIONS" != "" ]]; then cargo --version; fi
+  ## Get python version
+  - python --version
+  ## run stem tests if they are enabled.
   - if [[ "$TEST_STEM" != "" ]]; then pushd stem; python -c "from stem import stem; print(stem.__version__);"; git log -1; popd; fi
 
 script: