diff --git a/.travis/fpga_bitstream_reg_test.sh b/.travis/fpga_bitstream_reg_test.sh
index e2787f78f..90044ed8e 100755
--- a/.travis/fpga_bitstream_reg_test.sh
+++ b/.travis/fpga_bitstream_reg_test.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@ echo -e "FPGA-Bitstream regression tests";
 echo -e "Testing bitstream generation only";
 python3 openfpga_flow/scripts/run_fpga_task.py fpga_bitstream/generate_bitstream --debug --show_thread_logs
 
+echo -e "Testing loading architecture bitstream from an external file";
+python3 openfpga_flow/scripts/run_fpga_task.py fpga_bitstream/load_external_architecture_bitstream --debug --show_thread_logs
+
 end_section "OpenFPGA.TaskTun"