diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 16337830..a24c5737 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: java
 jdk: oraclejdk8
 install: true
-script: ./gradlew test
+script: ./gradlew check
 deploy:
   - provider: releases
     api_key:
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 676780c1..0459c9eb 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -139,3 +139,9 @@ ant.properties.'ci.build.num' = "${tagMatcher().find() ? tagMatcher()[0][2] : '9
     'generateUpdatePluginsXml'
   }
 }
+
+task check {
+  dependsOn {
+    [':coderules-test', ':samples/mpscore:mpscore-test']
+  }
+}
diff --git a/samples/mpscore/build.gradle b/samples/mpscore/build.gradle
index e91f15e7..66cd95f3 100644
--- a/samples/mpscore/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/mpscore/build.gradle
@@ -14,4 +14,22 @@ ant.taskdef(name: 'junit',
             classname: 'org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTask',
             classpath: configurations.junitAnt.asPath)
 
-ant.importBuild('build.xml')
+ant.importBuild('build.xml') {antTarget ->
+    'mpscore-'+antTarget
+}
+
+// ensure 'generate' runs before 'classes' ('generate' is NOT optional)
+'mpscore-classes' {
+  dependsOn {
+    'mpscore-generate'
+  }
+  mustRunAfter {
+    'mpscore-generate'
+  }
+}
+
+'mpscore-generate' {
+  dependsOn {
+    ':coderules-assemble'
+  }
+}