diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 95abee685..c4278dd23 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,29 +5,6 @@ sudo: required
 dist: trusty
 matrix:
   include:
-    # Ubuntu 14.04
-    - env: Cmd="make cxxtest && make clean && make gnu90build && make clean && make cmakebuild && make clean && make travis-install"
-
-    - env: Cmd='make gcc6install && CC=gcc-6 make clean uasan-test'
-    - env: Cmd='make gcc6install libc6install && CC=gcc-6 make clean uasan-test32'
-    - env: Cmd='make clang38install && CC=clang-3.8 make clean msan-test'
-    - env: Cmd='make clang38install && CC=clang-3.8 make clean tsan-test-zstream'
-    - env: Cmd='make valgrindinstall && make -C tests clean valgrindTest'
-
-    - env: Cmd='make arminstall && make armtest'
-    - env: Cmd='make arminstall && make aarch64test'
-    - env: Cmd='make ppcinstall && make ppctest'
-    - env: Cmd='make ppcinstall && make ppc64test'
-
-    - env: Cmd='make gpp6install valgrindinstall && make -C zlibWrapper test && make -C zlibWrapper valgrindTest'
-    - env: Cmd='make gcc6install && CC=gcc-6 make uasan-test-zstd-nolegacy'
-    - env: Cmd='make gcc6install && CC=gcc-6 make uasan-test-zbuff'
-
-    - env: Cmd='make -j uasanregressiontest'
-    - env: Cmd='make -j msanregressiontest'
-
-    - env: Cmd='make -C tests versionsTest && make lz4install && make clean && make -C tests test-lz4'
-
     # OS X Mavericks
     - env: Cmd="make test"
       os: osx
@@ -52,8 +29,6 @@ script:
   - export FUZZERTEST=-T5mn;
     export ZSTREAM_TESTTIME=-T2mn;
     export DECODECORPUS_TESTTIME=-T1mn;
-    if [ "$TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE" = "cron" ]; then
-        git fetch origin dev;
-        git checkout -f FETCH_HEAD;
-    fi;
+    git fetch origin dev;
+    git checkout -f FETCH_HEAD;
     sh -c "$Cmd" || travis_terminate 1;
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 651833bbb..6fb49355b 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -295,48 +295,48 @@ test-gzstd: gzstd
 	$(RM) *.gz *.zst README2.md gz_zstd zstd_gz hello.txt
 
 test-fullbench: fullbench datagen
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./fullbench -i1
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./fullbench -i1 -P0
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./fullbench -i1
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./fullbench -i1 -P0
 
 test-fullbench32: fullbench32 datagen
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./fullbench32 -i1
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./fullbench32 -i1 -P0
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./fullbench32 -i1
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./fullbench32 -i1 -P0
 
 test-fuzzer: fuzzer
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./fuzzer $(FUZZERTEST) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./fuzzer $(FUZZERTEST) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
 
 test-fuzzer32: fuzzer32
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./fuzzer32 $(FUZZERTEST) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./fuzzer32 $(FUZZERTEST) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
 
 test-zbuff: zbufftest
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./zbufftest $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME)
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./zbufftest $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME)
 
 test-zbuff32: zbufftest32
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./zbufftest32 $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME)
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./zbufftest32 $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME)
 
 test-zstream: zstreamtest
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./zstreamtest $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./zstreamtest --mt -t1 $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./zstreamtest --newapi -t1 $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./zstreamtest --opaqueapi -t1 $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./zstreamtest $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./zstreamtest --mt -t1 $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./zstreamtest --newapi -t1 $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./zstreamtest --opaqueapi -t1 $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
 
 test-zstream32: zstreamtest32
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./zstreamtest32 $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./zstreamtest32 $(ZSTREAM_TESTTIME) $(FUZZER_FLAGS)
 
 test-longmatch: longmatch
 	$(QEMU_SYS) ./longmatch
 
 test-invalidDictionaries: invalidDictionaries
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./invalidDictionaries
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./invalidDictionaries
 
 test-symbols: symbols
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./symbols
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./symbols
 
 test-legacy: legacy
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./legacy
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./legacy
 
 test-decodecorpus: decodecorpus
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./decodecorpus -t $(DECODECORPUS_TESTTIME)
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./decodecorpus -t $(DECODECORPUS_TESTTIME)
 
 test-decodecorpus-cli: decodecorpus
 	@echo "\n ---- decodecorpus basic cli tests ----"
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ test-decodecorpus-cli: decodecorpus
 	@rm -rf testdir
 
 test-pool: poolTests
-	$(QEMU_SYS) ./poolTests
+	echo -n "XXX"; date; $(QEMU_SYS) ./poolTests
 
 test-lz4: ZSTD = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib $(PRGDIR)/zstd
 test-lz4: ZSTD_LZ4 = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib ./lz4
diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index bc021648c..697a990fc 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ die() {
     exit 1
 }
 
+display_time()
+{
+  echo -n "XXX"
+  date
+}
+
 roundTripTest() {
     if [ -n "$3" ]; then
         cLevel="$3"
@@ -91,6 +97,7 @@ else
     hasMT="true"
 fi
 
+display_time
 $ECHO "\n**** simple tests **** "
 
 ./datagen > tmp
@@ -166,6 +173,7 @@ $ZSTD -f tmp && die "tmp not present : should have failed"
 test ! -f tmp.zst  # tmp.zst should not be created
 
 
+display_time
 $ECHO "\n**** Advanced compression parameters **** "
 $ECHO "Hello world!" | $ZSTD --zstd=windowLog=21,      - -o tmp.zst && die "wrong parameters not detected!"
 $ECHO "Hello world!" | $ZSTD --zstd=windowLo=21        - -o tmp.zst && die "wrong parameters not detected!"
@@ -233,6 +241,7 @@ rm -f hello.tmp world.tmp hello.tmp.zst world.tmp.zst
 fi
 
 
+display_time
 $ECHO "\n**** test sparse file support **** "
 
 ./datagen -g5M  -P100 > tmpSparse
@@ -339,6 +348,7 @@ $ZSTD --train-legacy -q tmp && die "Dictionary training should fail : source is
 rm tmp*
 
 
+display_time
 $ECHO "\n**** cover dictionary tests **** "
 
 TESTFILE=../programs/zstdcli.c
@@ -411,6 +421,7 @@ $ZSTD -t -r files
 $ZSTD -c -r files | $ZSTD -t
 
 
+display_time
 $ECHO "\n**** benchmark mode tests **** "
 
 $ECHO "bench one file"
@@ -505,6 +516,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
+display_time
 $ECHO "\n**** xz frame tests **** "
 
 if [ $LZMAMODE -eq 1 ]; then
@@ -569,6 +581,7 @@ roundTripTest -g516K 19   # btopt
 
 fileRoundTripTest -g500K
 
+display_time
 $ECHO "\n**** zstd long distance matching round-trip tests **** "
 roundTripTest -g0 "2 --long"
 roundTripTest -g1000K "1 --long"
@@ -639,6 +652,7 @@ $ZSTD -lv tmp1.zst
 rm tmp*
 
 
+display_time
 $ECHO "\n**** zstd long distance matching tests **** "
 roundTripTest -g0 " --long"
 roundTripTest -g9M "2 --long"
@@ -654,6 +668,7 @@ if [ "$1" != "--test-large-data" ]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
+display_time
 $ECHO "\n**** large files tests **** "
 
 roundTripTest -g270000000 1
@@ -695,6 +710,7 @@ roundTripTest -g700M -P50 "1 --long=29"
 roundTripTest -g600M -P50 "1 --long --zstd=wlog=29,clog=28"
 
 
+display_time
 if [ -n "$hasMT" ]
 then
     $ECHO "\n**** zstdmt long round-trip tests **** "