diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+language: c
+dist: trusty
+services: docker
+
+before_install:
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then docker pull anholt/xserver-travis ; fi
+
+before_script:
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then echo FROM anholt/xserver-travis:v3 > Dockerfile ; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then echo ADD . /root >> Dockerfile ; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then docker build -t withgit . ; fi
+
+script:
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then docker run withgit /bin/sh -c "cd /root && ./test/scripts/build-travis-deps.sh" ; fi
diff --git a/test/scripts/build-travis-deps.sh b/test/scripts/build-travis-deps.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+export PREFIX=/usr
+export TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR=/root
+export PIGLIT_DIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/piglit
+export XTEST_DIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/xtest
+
+set -e
+
+meson build/
+ninja -C build/ install
+ninja -C build/ test