diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 79708483d..cceb36fdf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,16 +24,7 @@ matrix:
       compiler: gcc
       script:
         - ./configure && make -s -j2
-        - export POCO_BASE=`pwd`
-        - export CPPUNIT_IGNORE="\
-        - N7CppUnit10TestCallerI8PathTestEE.testExpand \
-        - N7CppUnit10TestCallerI13RawSocketTestEE.testEchoIPv4 \
-        - N7CppUnit10TestCallerI13RawSocketTestEE.testSendToReceiveFromIPv4 \
-        - N7CppUnit10TestCallerI14ICMPClientTestEE.testPing"
-        - export EXCLUDE_TESTS="Data/MySQL Data/ODBC MongoDB PDF"
-        - export PATH=$PATH:.
-        - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:.
-        - build/script/runtests.sh
+        - ./travis/runtests.sh
 
 # TODO add this as soon as Linux-clang config is ready
 #    - env:    TEST_NAME="clang (make)"
diff --git a/travis/runtests.sh b/travis/runtests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..da9ed5cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis/runtests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+set -ev
+export POCO_BASE=`pwd`
+export CPPUNIT_IGNORE="\
+  N7CppUnit10TestCallerI8PathTestEE.testExpand \
+  N7CppUnit10TestCallerI13RawSocketTestEE.testEchoIPv4 \
+  N7CppUnit10TestCallerI13RawSocketTestEE.testSendToReceiveFromIPv4 \
+  N7CppUnit10TestCallerI14ICMPClientTestEE.testPing"
+export EXCLUDE_TESTS="Data/MySQL Data/ODBC MongoDB PDF"
+export PATH=$PATH:.
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:.
+build/script/runtests.sh