diff --git a/_travis/build_on_linux.sh b/_travis/build_on_linux.sh
index b761e0cc4a2154202707e229716f6a4d610344cd..32e41fe51ce2283b8a0b6864fc8dc286104b07f9 100755
--- a/_travis/build_on_linux.sh
+++ b/_travis/build_on_linux.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,7 @@ set -e
     sudo dpkg -D=2 -i ../moose*.deb
     cd ~ && /usr/bin/python -c \
         "import moose; print moose.version(); print( moose.__file__ ); moose.test( timeout = 10 )"
+
+    # Now launch gui, terminate is after 3 seconds.
+    timeout -k 3 moosegui
 )