diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+language: php 
+php: 
+ - 5.3
+ - 5.4
+
+env:
+ - TESTDB=MYSQL
+ - TESTDB=PGSQL
+
+matrix:
+  exclude:
+    - php: 5.4
+      env: TESTDB=PGSQL
+
+before_script:
+ - ./tests/travis/before_script ~/builds/ss 
+ - cd ~/builds/ss
+
+script: 
+ - php framework/cli-script.php dev/tests/module/cms
+
+branches:
+  except:
+    - translation-staging
+    - 2.4
+
+notifications:
+  irc:
+    channels:
+     - "irc.freenode.org#silverstripe"
diff --git a/tests/travis/before_script b/tests/travis/before_script
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+++ b/tests/travis/before_script
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+BUILD_DIR=$1
+git clone --depth=100 --quiet git://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-installer.git $BUILD_DIR
+git clone --depth=100 --quiet git://github.com/silverstripe-labs/silverstripe-sqlite3.git $BUILD_DIR/sqlite3
+git clone --depth=100 --quiet git://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-postgresql.git $BUILD_DIR/postgresql
+git clone --depth=100 --quiet -b ${TRAVIS_BRANCH:-master} git://github.com/silverstripe/sapphire.git $BUILD_DIR/framework
+cp $BUILD_DIR/framework/tests/travis/_ss_environment.php $BUILD_DIR
+cp $BUILD_DIR/framework/tests/travis/_config.php $BUILD_DIR/mysite
+cp -r . $BUILD_DIR/cms
+
+cd $BUILD_DIR