diff --git a/.travis.sh b/.travis.sh
index 0c39d69f..4dc63da7 100755
--- a/.travis.sh
+++ b/.travis.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ if [ "$ANALYZE" = "true" ] ; then
 	exit $RET
 else
 	set -e
+	export VERBOSE=1
 	mkdir build && cd build
 	cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" ..
 	make
-	make install DESTDIR=/tmp/whatever
+	make install/strip DESTDIR=/tmp/whatever
 	make package
 fi
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e506d31e..a736e068 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ project("Woof"
     HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/fabiangreffrath/woof"
     LANGUAGES C)
 
+# Set a default build type if none was specified
+set(default_build_type "RelWithDebInfo")
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+  message(STATUS "Setting build type to '${default_build_type}' as none was specified.")
+  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "${default_build_type}" CACHE
+      STRING "Choose the type of build." FORCE)
+  # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui
+  set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS
+    "Debug" "Release" "MinSizeRel" "RelWithDebInfo")
+endif()
+
 # Prevent in-tree builds.
 if(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "In-tree builds are not supported.")