diff --git a/util/travis/clangtidy.sh b/util/travis/clangtidy.sh
index 6f76765a1..7ed555693 100755
--- a/util/travis/clangtidy.sh
+++ b/util/travis/clangtidy.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+. util/travis/common.sh
+
+needs_compile || exit 0
+
 if hash clang-tidy-5.0 2>/dev/null; then
 	CLANG_TIDY=clang-tidy-5.0
 else