diff --git a/tools/test-all b/tools/test-all
index ee4ddbf3b6..f2afc7ae3a 100755
--- a/tools/test-all
+++ b/tools/test-all
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ run ./tools/lint-all
 run ./tools/test-js-with-node
 run ./tools/test-backend
 run ./tools/test-js-with-casper
+# Not running management test since it takes 40s and thus is too slow to be worth it.
+# run ./tools/test-management
 
 printf '\n\e[32mAll OK!\e[0m\n'
diff --git a/tools/test-management b/tools/test-management
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5451bea2fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test-management
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "Testing management commands start!"
+failed=0
+for i in `ls */management/commands/ | grep .py$ | grep -v __init__ | sed 's/[.]py$//'`; do
+    if ! $(./manage.py $i --help >/dev/null); then
+        failed=$(expr $failed + 1)
+        echo "ERROR: \`./manage.py $i --help\` crashes!";
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ $failed -gt 0 ]; then
+   echo
+   echo "$failed management commands don't start!"
+   exit 1
+fi
+echo "All management commands start!"
diff --git a/tools/travis/backend b/tools/travis/backend
index e1b3d206f9..a608c2f87e 100755
--- a/tools/travis/backend
+++ b/tools/travis/backend
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ source /srv/zulip-venv/bin/activate
 export PATH=$PATH:/srv/zulip-venv/bin
 ./tools/lint-all
 ./tools/test-backend
+./tools/test-management