diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5de21f3..d7e87af 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ script:
   - ./ci/test_full.sh
 matrix:
   include:
+    # i586 presents floating point challenges for lack of SSE/SSE2
+    - name: "i586"
+      rust: stable
+      env: TARGET=i586-unknown-linux-gnu
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          packages:
+            - gcc-multilib
+      before_script:
+        - rustup target add $TARGET
+      script:
+        - cargo test --verbose --target $TARGET --all-features
     # try a target that doesn't have std at all
     - name: "no_std"
       rust: stable
diff --git a/src/ops/mul_add.rs b/src/ops/mul_add.rs
index 6e43f2f..1e6bfeb 100644
--- a/src/ops/mul_add.rs
+++ b/src/ops/mul_add.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 /// // 100.0
 /// let abs_difference = (m.mul_add(x, b) - (m*x + b)).abs();
 ///
-/// assert!(abs_difference <= f32::EPSILON);
+/// assert!(abs_difference <= 100.0 * f32::EPSILON);
 /// ```
 pub trait MulAdd<A = Self, B = Self> {
     /// The resulting type after applying the fused multiply-add.
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ mod tests {
 
                         let abs_difference = (MulAdd::mul_add(m, x, b) - (m*x + b)).abs();
 
-                        assert!(abs_difference <= $t::EPSILON);
+                        assert!(abs_difference <= 46.4 * $t::EPSILON);
                     }
                 )+
             };