diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c65accb89e..15fe1467b4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,45 @@ language: c++
 compiler:
   - gcc
 #  - clang
+env:
+  - BUILDTYPE=cmake-make
+  - BUILDTYPE=cmake-ninja
+  - BUILDTYPE=autotools
 before_install:
 #  - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
 install:
 #  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq g++-4.9; export CXX="g++-4.9" CC="gcc-4.9"; fi
   - sudo apt-get build-dep -qq gnucash
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq swig
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq swig xsltproc libdbd-sqlite3 cmake3 texinfo ninja-build
   - sudo apt-get install -qq libboost-all-dev libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-3.0-dev
   - sudo apt-get --reinstall install -qq language-pack-en language-pack-fr
   - git clone https://github.com/google/googletest -b release-1.8.0 ~/gtest
-script: ./autogen.sh && ./configure --enable-python GTEST_ROOT=~/gtest/googletest GMOCK_ROOT=~/gtest/googlemock && make && TZ="America/Los_Angeles" make check
+script: |
+  # The -e here says that if any line below fails, the whole script fails
+  set -ev
+
+  # First, do the cmake build using the default Makefile generator
+  if [[ "$BUILDTYPE" == "cmake-make" ]]; then
+    mkdir /tmp/gnucash-build-cmake-make
+    cd /tmp/gnucash-build-cmake-make
+    GTEST_ROOT=~/gtest/googletest GMOCK_ROOT=~/gtest/googlemock cmake $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
+    make -j 4
+    TZ="America/Los_Angeles" make check
+
+  # Next, do cmake again, using the Ninja generator this time
+  elif [[ "$BUILDTYPE" == "cmake-ninja" ]]; then
+    mkdir /tmp/gnucash-build-cmake-ninja
+    cd /tmp/gnucash-build-cmake-ninja
+    GTEST_ROOT=~/gtest/googletest GMOCK_ROOT=~/gtest/googlemock cmake -G Ninja $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
+    ninja
+    TZ="America/Los_Angeles" ninja check
+
+  # Finally, do the autotools build
+  elif [[ "$BUILDTYPE" == "autotools" ]]; then
+    cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
+    ./autogen.sh
+    ./configure --enable-python GTEST_ROOT=~/gtest/googletest GMOCK_ROOT=~/gtest/googlemock
+    make
+    TZ="America/Los_Angeles" make check
+  fi