diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0be912e1..6c83258b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ before_script:
   - mysql -u root -e 'create database osem_test;'
   - RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake db:migrate --trace
 script:
-  - 'bundle exec rubocop -Dc .rubocop.yml'
-  - 'bundle exec haml-lint app/views'
-  - 'bundle exec rspec --color --format documentation'
+  - "./travis_script.sh $TEST_SUITE"
+env:
+  - TEST_SUITE=rspec
+  - TEST_SUITE=linters
+matrix:
+  fast_finish: true
diff --git a/travis_script.sh b/travis_script.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..77ca2329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis_script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This script runs the test suites for the CI build
+
+# Be verbose and fail script on the first error
+set -xe
+
+# By default: all test runs
+if [ -z $1 ]; then
+  TEST_SUITE="all"
+else
+  TEST_SUITE="$1"
+fi
+
+case $TEST_SUITE in
+  linters)
+    bundle exec rubocop -Dc .rubocop.yml
+    bundle exec haml-lint app/views
+    ;;
+  rspec)
+    bundle exec rspec --color --format documentation
+    ;;
+  *)
+    bundle exec rubocop -Dc .rubocop.yml
+    bundle exec haml-lint app/views
+    bundle exec rspec --color --format documentation
+    ;;
+esac