diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ce038cf30b..86d5e98f5c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stages:
   - name: "Check bundle"
     if: type = push AND tag IS blank OR (type = cron || type = api)
   - name: "Trigger Alpha ADF child build"
-    if: branch = develop AND (type = cron || type = api)
+    if: (branch = develop AND (type = cron || type = api)) OR  commit_message =~ /\[trigger adf\]/
   - name: "Build Demo shell"
     if: tag IS blank
   - name: "Unit test Lib"