diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+++ b/.travis.yml
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+# .travis.xml for testing EPICS Base ci-scripts
+# (see: https://github.com/epics-base/ci-scripts)
+
+# Note:
+# Paths to scripts are different in this test configuration
+# (your module has one more directory level: .ci)
+
+language: cpp
+compiler: gcc
+dist: xenial
+
+cache:
+  directories:
+  - $HOME/.cache
+
+env:
+  global:
+    - SETUP_PATH=.:.ci
+
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+    - libreadline6-dev
+    - libncurses5-dev
+    - perl
+    - clang
+    - g++-mingw-w64-i686
+    - qemu-system-x86
+
+install:
+  - ./travis/prepare.sh
+
+script:
+  - ./travis-test.sh
+
+# If you need to do more during install and build,
+# add a local directory to your module and do e.g.
+#  - ./.ci-local/travis/install-extras.sh
+
+# Define build jobs
+
+# Well-known variables to use
+# BASE     branch or release tag name of the EPICS Base to use
+# EXTRA    content will be added to make command line
+# STATIC   set to YES for static build (default: NO)
+# TEST     set to NO to skip running the tests (default: YES)
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+
+# Different configurations of default gcc and clang
+
+  - env: BASE=3.15
+
+  - env: SET=test01
diff --git a/test01.set b/test01.set
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+++ b/test01.set
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+MODULES="sncseq asyn"
+
+BASE=R3.15.6
+ASYN=master
+SNCSEQ=R2-2-7
diff --git a/travis-test.sh b/travis-test.sh
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+++ b/travis-test.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e -x
+
+echo Testing the dependency setup
diff --git a/travis/prepare.sh b/travis/prepare.sh
index 5e0912a..e816677 100755
--- a/travis/prepare.sh
+++ b/travis/prepare.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ git clone --quiet --depth 5 $BASE_RECURSIVE --branch "$BASE" $BASE_REPO epics-ba
 mkdir -s "$SOURCEDIR"
 cd "$SOURCEDIR"
 
-for modrepo in ${MODULES}
+
+# Check out dependencies
+# ----------------------
+
+for mod in BASE $MODULES
 do
   module=${modrepo%CPP}
   module_uc=$(echo $module | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z')