diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1ee796100..e620b15f0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,18 +10,19 @@ compiler:
   - clang
 
 env:
-  - RUN_TEST=1 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="auto"
-  - RUN_TEST=1 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="penryn"
-  - RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="sandybridge"
-  - RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="haswell"
-  - RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="knl"
-  - RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="bulldozer"
-  - RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="piledriver"
-  - RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="steamroller"
-  - RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="excavator"
-  - RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="zen"
-  - RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="openmp" BUILD_CONFIG="auto"
-  - RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="pthreads" BUILD_CONFIG="auto"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=1 RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="auto"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=1 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="auto"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=1 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="penryn"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="sandybridge"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="haswell"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="knl"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="bulldozer"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="piledriver"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="steamroller"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="excavator"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="none" BUILD_CONFIG="zen"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="openmp" BUILD_CONFIG="auto"
+  - OUT_OF_TREE=0 RUN_TEST=0 THREADING="pthreads" BUILD_CONFIG="auto"
   
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@ addons:
     - clang
     
 script:
-  - ./configure -t $THREADING CC=$CC $BUILD_CONFIG
+  - export DIST_PATH=.
+  - if [ $OUT_OF_TREE -eq 1 ]; then mkdir oot; cd oot; export DIST_PATH=..; fi
+  - $DIST_PATH/configure -t $THREADING CC=$CC $BUILD_CONFIG
   - $CC --version
   - make -j 2
   - export BLIS_IC_NT=2
@@ -72,5 +75,5 @@ script:
   - export BLIS_IR_NT=1
   - export BLIS_JR_NT=1
   - if [ $RUN_TEST -eq 1 ]; then travis_wait 30 make BLIS_ENABLE_TEST_OUTPUT=yes test; fi
-  - if [ $RUN_TEST -eq 1 ]; then ./build/check-test.sh ./output.testsuite; fi
+  - if [ $RUN_TEST -eq 1 ]; then $DIST_PATH/build/check-test.sh ./output.testsuite; fi