diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 406b8626..d983e468 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,37 +1,38 @@
-services:
-  - mongodb
-  - postgresql
-  - redis-server
-language: go
-install: false
-go:
-  - "1.10.x"
-env:
-  global:
-    - PATH=${PATH}:./bin
-    - POP_PATH=$PWD/cmd/proxy
-    - GO_ENV=test_postgres
-    - MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=minio
-    - MINIO_SECRET_KEY=minio123
-    - ATHENS_MONGO_STORAGE_URL=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017
-    - CODE_COV=1
-script:
-  - test -z $(gofmt -s -l $GO_FILES | tee /dev/stderr)            # Fail if a .go file hasn't been formatted with gofmt
-  - golint -set_exit_status $(go list ./... | grep -v '/mocks')   # Linter
-  - go test -race -coverprofile cover.out -covermode atomic ./... # Run all the tests with the race detector and code coverage enabled
-before_script:
-  - mkdir bin
-  - GO_FILES=$(find . -iname '*.go' -type f | grep -v /vendor/)   # All the .go files, excluding vendor/
-  - go get github.com/golang/lint/golint
-  - wget "https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio"
-  - chmod +x minio && nohup ./minio server . &
-  - ./scripts/get_buffalo.sh
-  - go get -u -v golang.org/x/vgo
-  - buffalo db create
-  - buffalo db migrate up
-after_success:
-  - if [ "${CODE_COV}" == "1" ]; then
-      curl -s https://codecov.io/bash -o codecov && bash codecov -X fix;
-    else
-      echo codecov not enabled;
-    fi
+services:
+  - mongodb
+  - postgresql
+  - redis-server
+language: go
+install: false
+go:
+  - "1.10.x"
+env:
+  global:
+    - PATH=${PATH}:./bin
+    - POP_PATH=$PWD/cmd/proxy
+    - GO_ENV=test_postgres
+    - MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=minio
+    - MINIO_SECRET_KEY=minio123
+    - ATHENS_MONGO_STORAGE_URL=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017
+    - CODE_COV=1
+script:
+  - test -z $(gofmt -s -l $GO_FILES | tee /dev/stderr)            # Fail if a .go file hasn't been formatted with gofmt
+  - golint -set_exit_status $(go list ./... | grep -v '/mocks')   # Linter
+  - ./scripts/check_deps.sh                                       # Check for Gopkg.* in PR and run dep ensure -dry-run on changes
+  - go test -race -coverprofile cover.out -covermode atomic ./... # Run all the tests with the race detector and code coverage enabled
+before_script:
+  - mkdir bin
+  - GO_FILES=$(find . -iname '*.go' -type f | grep -v /vendor/)   # All the .go files, excluding vendor/
+  - go get github.com/golang/lint/golint
+  - wget "https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio"
+  - chmod +x minio && nohup ./minio server . &
+  - ./scripts/get_buffalo.sh
+  - go get -u -v golang.org/x/vgo
+  - buffalo db create
+  - buffalo db migrate up
+after_success:
+  - if [ "${CODE_COV}" == "1" ]; then
+      curl -s https://codecov.io/bash -o codecov && bash codecov -X fix;
+    else
+      echo codecov not enabled;
+    fi
diff --git a/scripts/check_deps.sh b/scripts/check_deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..96f139f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# check_deps.sh
+# this script checks for changes to the files Gopkg.lock and Gopkg.toml
+# or more specificaly anything matching Gopkg.*
+#
+# this is intended to be used in your CI tests
+#
+# on encountering any changes for these files the script runs dep ensure
+# with the -dry-run option to check for any conflicts in versions or digests
+# which on any exit code > 0 would suggest that action should be taken
+# before a pull request can be merged.
+
+ChangedFiles=`git diff --name-only master`
+
+# in the casse that ChangedFiles contains Gopkg run dep ensure
+case "$ChangedFiles" in
+  *Gopkg*)
+    dep ensure -dry-run
+  ;;
+esac