diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0e6a3215..904271d5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ jobs:
       before_install: skip
       script:
         # Install and run `yamllint`
-        - pip install --user yamllint
-        # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
-        - yamllint -s . .yamllint pillar.example test/salt/pillar/postgres.sls
+        # Need at least `v1.17.0` for the `yaml-files` setting
+        - pip install --user yamllint>=1.17.0
+        - yamllint -s .
         # Install and run `commitlint`
         - npm install @commitlint/config-conventional -D
         - npm install @commitlint/travis-cli -D
diff --git a/.yamllint b/.yamllint
index bfad697e..eb6a5ad8 100644
--- a/.yamllint
+++ b/.yamllint
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ extends: default
 
 # Files to ignore completely
 # 1. All YAML files under directory `node_modules/`, introduced during the Travis run
-# 2. All YAML files heavily reliant on Jinja; these can be tackled in a subsequent PR
+# 2. Any SLS files under directory `test/`, which are actually state files
+# 3. All YAML files heavily reliant on Jinja; these can be tackled in a subsequent PR
 ignore: |
   node_modules/
+  test/**/states/**/*.sls
   pillar.example
   postgres/codenamemap.yaml
   postgres/osfamilymap.yaml
@@ -16,7 +18,19 @@ ignore: |
   postgres/repo.yaml
   test/salt/pillar/postgres.sls
 
+yaml-files:
+  # Default settings
+  - '*.yaml'
+  - '*.yml'
+  - .yamllint
+  # SaltStack Formulas additional settings
+  - '*.example'
+  - test/**/*.sls
+
 rules:
+  empty-values:
+    forbid-in-block-mappings: true
+    forbid-in-flow-mappings: true
   line-length:
     # Increase from default of `80`
     # Based on https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-bugbear#opinionated-warnings (`B950`)