diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fd2b7dd899..73d0ea8246 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ matrix:
 
 before_install:
    - if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]]; then ( sudo apt-get -qq update ) fi
-   - if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]]; then ( sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libfcgi-dev libxss-dev libnotify-dev libxcb-util0-dev libsqlite3-dev libgtk2.0-dev libwebkitgtk-dev mingw-w64 binutils-mingw-w64-i686 binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 gcc-mingw-w64 gcc-mingw-w64-i686 gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 g++-mingw-w64 g++-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 ) fi
+   - if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]]; then ( sudo apt-get install -y freeglut3-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libfcgi-dev libxss-dev libnotify-dev libxcb-util0-dev libsqlite3-dev libgtk2.0-dev libwebkitgtk-dev mingw-w64 binutils-mingw-w64-i686 binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 gcc-mingw-w64 gcc-mingw-w64-i686 gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 g++-mingw-w64 g++-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 realpath ) fi
+   - if [[ "${BOINC_TYPE}" == "integration-test" ]]; then ( sudo apt-get install ansible/trusty-backports; sudo service mysql stop; ) fi
 
 before_script:
 - if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]]; then ( ./_autosetup ) fi
+- if [[ "${BOINC_TYPE}" == "integration-test" ]]; then ( ./integration_test/installTestSuite.sh ) fi
 
 script:
 - if [[ "${BOINC_TYPE}" == "libs" ]]; then ( ./configure --disable-server --disable-client --disable-manager && make ) fi
@@ -72,4 +74,4 @@ script:
 - if [[ "${BOINC_TYPE}" == "manager-osx" ]]; then ( ./3rdParty/buildMacDependencies.sh -q && ./mac_build/buildMacBOINC-CI.sh --no_shared_headers ) fi
 - if [[ "${BOINC_TYPE}" == "manager-android" ]]; then ( /bin/true ) fi
 - if [[ "${BOINC_TYPE}" == "unit-test" ]]; then ( /bin/true ) fi
-- if [[ "${BOINC_TYPE}" == "integration-test" ]]; then ( /bin/true ) fi
+- if [[ "${BOINC_TYPE}" == "integration-test" ]]; then ( ./integration_test/executeTestSuite.sh ) fi
diff --git a/integration_test/executeTestSuite.sh b/integration_test/executeTestSuite.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..30c677122c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_test/executeTestSuite.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+
+# This file is part of BOINC.
+# http://boinc.berkeley.edu
+# Copyright (C) 2018 University of California
+#
+# BOINC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+# either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# BOINC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with BOINC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+## support script to install the boinc server docker environment
+## test_dir must be outside of the code directory because the code is copied/symlinked
+## into the testsuite
+
+# checks if a given path is canonical (absolute and does not contain relative links)
+# from http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/256437
+isPathCanonical() {
+  case "x$1" in
+    (x*/..|x*/../*|x../*|x*/.|x*/./*|x./*)
+        rc=1
+        ;;
+    (x/*)
+        rc=0
+        ;;
+    (*)
+        rc=1
+        ;;
+  esac
+  return $rc
+}
+
+# checks if first argument is a subpath of second argument
+isPathSubpath() {
+  case $(readlink -f $1)/ in
+    $(readlink -f $2)/*)
+      rc=0
+      ;;
+    $(readlink -f $1))
+      rc=0
+      ;;
+    *)
+      rc=1
+      ;;
+  esac
+  return $rc
+}
+
+# check working directory because the script needs to be called like: ./integration_test/installTestSuite.sh
+if [ ! -d "integration_test" ]; then
+    echo "start this script in the source root directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+ROOTDIR=$(pwd)
+PREFIX=$(realpath -s $ROOTDIR/../bst)
+test_dir=""
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    key="$1"
+    case $key in
+        --test_dir)
+        test_dir="$2"
+        shift
+        ;;
+        *)
+        echo "unrecognized option $key"
+        ;;
+    esac
+    shift # past argument or value
+done
+
+if [ "x$test_dir" != "x" ]; then
+    if isPathCanonical "$test_dir" && [ "$test_dir" != "/" ]; then
+      if isPathSubpath "$test_dir" "$ROOTDIR"; then
+          echo "test_dir must not be a subdirectory of $ROOTDIR"
+          exit 1
+      else
+          PREFIX="$test_dir"
+      fi
+    else
+        echo "test_dir must be an absolute path without ./ or ../ in it"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+cd "${PREFIX}/tests" || exit 1
+
+composer test
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+
+cd "${ROOTDIR}" || exit 1
diff --git a/integration_test/installTestSuite.sh b/integration_test/installTestSuite.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..672ab759cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_test/installTestSuite.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+
+# This file is part of BOINC.
+# http://boinc.berkeley.edu
+# Copyright (C) 2018 University of California
+#
+# BOINC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+# either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# BOINC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with BOINC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+## support script to install the boinc server docker environment
+## test_dir must be outside of the code directory because the code is copied/symlinked
+## into the testsuite
+## The testsuite will also be cloned into test_dir
+
+# checks if a given path is canonical (absolute and does not contain relative links)
+# from http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/256437
+isPathCanonical() {
+  case "x$1" in
+    (x*/..|x*/../*|x../*|x*/.|x*/./*|x./*)
+        rc=1
+        ;;
+    (x/*)
+        rc=0
+        ;;
+    (*)
+        rc=1
+        ;;
+  esac
+  return $rc
+}
+
+# checks if first argument is a subpath of second argument
+isPathSubpath() {
+  case $(readlink -f $1)/ in
+    $(readlink -f $2)/*)
+      rc=0
+      ;;
+    $(readlink -f $1))
+      rc=0
+      ;;
+    *)
+      rc=1
+      ;;
+  esac
+  return $rc
+}
+
+# check working directory because the script needs to be called like: ./integration_test/installTestSuite.sh
+if [ ! -d "integration_test" ]; then
+    echo "start this script in the source root directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+ROOTDIR=$(pwd)
+PREFIX=$(realpath -s $ROOTDIR/../bst)
+test_dir=""
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    key="$1"
+    case $key in
+        --test_dir)
+        test_dir="$2"
+        shift
+        ;;
+        *)
+        echo "unrecognized option $key"
+        ;;
+    esac
+    shift # past argument or value
+done
+
+if [ "x$test_dir" != "x" ]; then
+    if isPathCanonical "$test_dir" && [ "$test_dir" != "/" ]; then
+        if isPathSubpath "$test_dir" "$ROOTDIR"; then
+            echo "test_dir must not be a subdirectory of $ROOTDIR"
+            exit 1
+        else
+            PREFIX="$test_dir"
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "test_dir must be an absolute path without ./ or ../ in it"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ -d "$PREFIX" ]; then
+    echo "$PREFIX already exists. Will not clone but use it instead."
+else
+    git clone https://github.com/TheAspens/boinc-server-test.git "${PREFIX}"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+fi
+
+cd "${PREFIX}/tests" || exit 1
+composer require phpunit/phpunit
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+composer update
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+cd .. || exit 1
+
+cd "${PREFIX}/manage" || exit 1
+ansible-playbook -i hosts build.yml --extra-vars "boinc_dir=${ROOTDIR}"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+
+ansible-playbook -i hosts start.yml
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+
+until $(curl -o /dev/null -SsifL http://127.0.0.1/boincserver/index.php ); do
+    printf '.'
+    sleep 5
+done
+
+cd "${ROOTDIR}" || exit 1