diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index db33fc0..0d0cde8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ before_install:
   - mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/vbatts && ln -sf $(pwd) $GOPATH/src/github.com/vbatts/git-validation && go get ./...
 
 before_script:
+  - env
   - echo $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE
   - echo $TRAVIS_COMMIT
   - echo $TRAVIS_BRANCH
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index be5f1a8..8b6876b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	flCommitRange = flag.String("range", "", "use this commit range instead (implies -no-travis)")
-	flListRules   = flag.Bool("list-rules", false, "list the rules registered")
-	flRun         = flag.String("run", "", "comma delimited list of rules to run. Defaults to all.")
-	flVerbose     = flag.Bool("v", false, "verbose")
-	flDebug       = flag.Bool("D", false, "debug output")
-	flQuiet       = flag.Bool("q", false, "less output")
-	flDir         = flag.String("d", ".", "git directory to validate from")
-	flNoTravis    = flag.Bool("no-travis", false, "disables travis environment checks (when env TRAVIS=true is set)")
+	flCommitRange  = flag.String("range", "", "use this commit range instead (implies -no-travis)")
+	flListRules    = flag.Bool("list-rules", false, "list the rules registered")
+	flRun          = flag.String("run", "", "comma delimited list of rules to run. Defaults to all.")
+	flVerbose      = flag.Bool("v", false, "verbose")
+	flDebug        = flag.Bool("D", false, "debug output")
+	flQuiet        = flag.Bool("q", false, "less output")
+	flDir          = flag.String("d", ".", "git directory to validate from")
+	flNoTravis     = flag.Bool("no-travis", false, "disables travis environment checks (when env TRAVIS=true is set)")
+	flTravisPROnly = flag.Bool("travis-pr-only", true, "when on travis, only run validations if the CI-Build is checking pull-request build")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if *flTravisPROnly && strings.ToLower(os.Getenv("TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST")) == "false" {
+		fmt.Printf("only to check travis PR builds and this not a PR build. yielding.\n")
+		return
+	}
+
 	// reduce the set being run
 	rules := validate.RegisteredRules
 	if *flRun != "" {