diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+sudo: false
+dist: trusty
+language: c
+compiler:
+  - gcc
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+    - libreadline6-dev
+    - libncurses5-dev
+    - perl
+    - clang
+install:
+ - ./ci/travis-prepare.sh
+script:
+ - make -j2
+ - make tapfiles
+ - find . -name '*.tap' -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 prove -e cat -f
+env:
+ - BRBASE=3.16
+ - BRBASE=3.16 CMPLR=clang
+ - BRBASE=3.16 USR_CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11
+ - BRBASE=3.16 USR_CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11 CMPLR=clang
+ - BRBASE=3.15
+ - BRBASE=3.14
diff --git a/ci/travis-prepare.sh b/ci/travis-prepare.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e -x
+
+cat << EOF > configure/RELEASE.local
+EPICS_BASE=$HOME/.source/epics-base
+EOF
+
+install -d "$HOME/.source"
+cd "$HOME/.source"
+
+git clone --quiet --depth 5 --branch "$BRBASE" https://github.com/${REPOBASE:-epics-base}/epics-base.git epics-base
+(cd epics-base && git log -n1 )
+
+EPICS_HOST_ARCH=`sh epics-base/startup/EpicsHostArch`
+
+case "$CMPLR" in
+clang)
+  echo "Host compiler is clang"
+  cat << EOF >> epics-base/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.$EPICS_HOST_ARCH
+GNU         = NO
+CMPLR_CLASS = clang
+CC          = clang
+CCC         = clang++
+EOF
+
+  # hack
+  sed -i -e 's/CMPLR_CLASS = gcc/CMPLR_CLASS = clang/' epics-base/configure/CONFIG.gnuCommon
+
+  clang --version
+  ;;
+*)
+  echo "Host compiler is default"
+  gcc --version
+  ;;
+esac
+
+cat <<EOF >> epics-base/configure/CONFIG_SITE
+USR_CPPFLAGS += $USR_CPPFLAGS
+USR_CFLAGS += $USR_CFLAGS
+USR_CXXFLAGS += $USR_CXXFLAGS
+EOF
+
+make -j2 -C epics-base