diff --git a/ci/appveyor/test.ps1 b/ci/appveyor/test.ps1
index ba5f1832..16999557 100644
--- a/ci/appveyor/test.ps1
+++ b/ci/appveyor/test.ps1
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function Invoke-Call
     }
 }
 
-Invoke-Call { cargo test --verbose }
+Invoke-Call { cargo test --verbose --features="num-bigint num-complex" }
 
 $examplesDirectory = "examples"
 
diff --git a/ci/travis/test.sh b/ci/travis/test.sh
index 5298e588..975e05bc 100755
--- a/ci/travis/test.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/test.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -ex
 
 # run `cargo test` only if testing against cpython.
 if ! [[ $FEATURES == *"pypy"* ]]; then
-  cargo test --features "$FEATURES num-complex"
+  cargo test --features "$FEATURES num-bigint num-complex"
   ( cd pyo3-derive-backend; cargo test )
 else
   # check that pypy at least builds