diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 34ffcfe1a..24eb977a8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ script:
   - coverage erase
   - python setup.py clean
   - python setup.py build_ext --inplace
-  - coverage run --append --include=PIL/* selftest.py
-  - python Tests/run.py --coverage
+  - $TEST_CMD
 
 after_success:
   - coverage report
@@ -39,6 +38,10 @@ after_success:
   - pep8 PIL/*.py
   - pyflakes PIL/*.py
 
+env:
+  - TEST_CMD=coverage run --append --include=PIL/* selftest.py
+  - TEST_CMD=python Tests/run.py --coverage
+
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
     - python: "pypy"