diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b303ae64..40d79c97 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,39 @@
 language: haskell
 
-ghc:
-  - 7.8
+env:
+- GHCVER=7.8.3
 
 before_install:
-  - git clone https://github.com/haskell-servant/servant.git
-  - git clone https://github.com/haskell-servant/servant-server.git
-  - cabal sandbox init
-  - cabal sandbox add-source servant/
-  - cabal sandbox add-source servant-server/
+ - |
+    if [ $GHCVER = `ghc --numeric-version` ]; then
+        travis/cabal-apt-install --enable-tests $MODE
+        export CABAL=cabal
+    else
+        travis_retry sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:hvr/ghc
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get update
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get install cabal-install-1.18 ghc-$GHCVER happy
+        export CABAL=cabal-1.18
+        export PATH=/opt/ghc/$GHCVER/bin:$PATH
+    fi
+ - $CABAL update
+ - |
+    if [ $GHCVER = "head" ] || [ $GHCVER = "7.8.3" ]; then
+        $CABAL install happy alex
+        export PATH=$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH
+    fi
+ - git clone https://github.com/haskell-servant/servant.git
+ - git clone https://github.com/haskell-servant/servant-server.git
+ - cabal sandbox init
+ - cabal sandbox add-source servant
+ - cabal sandbox add-source servant-server
 
+install:
+ - cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests
+
+script:
+ - cabal configure --enable-tests
+ - cabal build && cabal test
+ - cabal sdist
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