diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f32532465..bfe7412a5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ addons:
 
 script:
   - ./configure $BUILD_CONFIG
-  - make
-  - if [ $RUN_TEST -eq 1 ]; then make test; fi
+  - make CC=gcc-4.8
+  - if [ $RUN_TEST -eq 1 ]; then make BLIS_ENABLE_TEST_OUTPUT=yes test; fi
   - if [ $RUN_TEST -eq 1 ]; then ./build/check-test.sh ./output.testsuite; fi
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ad0d7568..c9fe957b5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -633,6 +633,11 @@ ifeq ($(BLIS_ENABLE_VERBOSE_MAKE_OUTPUT),yes)
 	./$(TESTSUITE_BIN) -g $(TESTSUITE_CONF_GEN_PATH) \
 	                   -o $(TESTSUITE_CONF_OPS_PATH) \
                         > $(TESTSUITE_OUT_FILE)
+
+else ifeq ($(BLIS_ENABLE_TEST_OUTPUT), yes)
+	./$(TESTSUITE_BIN) -g $(TESTSUITE_CONF_GEN_PATH) \
+	                   -o $(TESTSUITE_CONF_OPS_PATH) | \
+                        tee $(TESTSUITE_OUT_FILE)
 else
 	@echo "Running $(TESTSUITE_BIN) with output redirected to '$(TESTSUITE_OUT_FILE)'"
 	@./$(TESTSUITE_BIN) -g $(TESTSUITE_CONF_GEN_PATH) \