diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dc3e557d..5246ea28 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ matrix:
     compiler: ": #stack 8.2.2"
     addons: {apt: {packages: [libgmp-dev]}}
 
+  - env: BUILD=stack ARGS="--stack-yaml stack-persistent-2-9.yaml"
+    compiler: ": #stack/persistent 2.9"
+    addons: {apt: {packages: [libgmp-dev]}}
+
   # Nightly builds are allowed to fail
   - env: BUILD=stack ARGS="--resolver nightly"
     compiler: ": #stack nightly"
@@ -83,6 +87,10 @@ matrix:
     compiler: ": #stack 8.2.2 osx"
     os: osx
 
+  - env: BUILD=stack ARGS="--stack-yaml stack-persistent-2-9.yaml"
+    compiler: ": #stack/persistent 2.9"
+    os: osx
+
   - env: BUILD=stack ARGS="--resolver nightly"
     compiler: ": #stack nightly osx"
     os: osx
diff --git a/stack-persistent-2-9.yaml b/stack-persistent-2-9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09adadc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack-persistent-2-9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+resolver: lts-11.10
+packages:
+- ./yesod-core
+- ./yesod-static
+- ./yesod-persistent
+- ./yesod-newsfeed
+- ./yesod-form
+- ./yesod-auth
+- ./yesod-auth-oauth
+- ./yesod-sitemap
+- ./yesod-test
+- ./yesod-bin
+- ./yesod
+- ./yesod-eventsource
+- ./yesod-websockets
+extra-deps:
+- persistent-2.9.0