diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 70059e0f9..68d71ab6d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ MANIFEST
 .coverage
 .idea/
 __pycache__
+_cffi__*
 netlib.egg-info/
 pathod/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 77ba0bcf8..a1eafcea1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ install:
 # command to run tests, e.g. python setup.py test
 script:
   - "nosetests --with-cov --cov-report term-missing"
-  - "autopep8 -i -r -a -a . && test -z \"$(git status -s)\""
-  - "autoflake -r -i --remove-all-unused-imports --remove-unused-variables . && test -z \"$(git status -s)\""
+  - "./check_coding_style.sh"
 after_success:
   - coveralls
 notifications:
diff --git a/check_coding_style.sh b/check_coding_style.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5b38e003e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_coding_style.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+autopep8 -i -r -a -a .
+if [[ -n "$(git status -s)" ]]; then
+  echo "autopep8 yielded the following changes:"
+  git status -s
+  git --no-pager diff
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+autoflake -i -r --remove-all-unused-imports --remove-unused-variables .
+if [[ -n "$(git status -s)" ]]; then
+  echo "autoflake yielded the following changes:"
+  git status -s
+  git --no-pager diff
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Coding style seems to be ok."
+exit 0