diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 27600aff..b21c7ee3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ env:
   global:
       - secure: uytPp0Fs+LT3QDEhDM3LJWiLvT2AHbdWnXrPEs+bYshQwt9wST+KQnYLyRfBuGg2ux3pkZwsRUFexvN8pQ3ab4aU2P21Xo98TzdXRwXurNYePgk/3tykEH+JrL52DfjCWB1VsjzzFrP02XU0XtB30qWC/n+fxeMWT7JT2GVh/OE=
 language: rust
-script:
-  - mkdir build
-  - cd build
-  - ../configure
-  - make check docs for_c
+script: scripts/travis-build.sh
 after_script:
   - cd /home/travis/build/servo/html5ever/target
   - curl http://www.rust-ci.org/artifacts/put?t=$RUSTCI_TOKEN | sh
diff --git a/scripts/shrink-test-output.py b/scripts/shrink-test-output.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..74be7b3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/shrink-test-output.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright 2015 The html5ever Project Developers. See the
+# COPYRIGHT file at the top-level directory of this distribution.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+# <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+# option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+# except according to those terms.
+
+import re
+import sys
+
+
+REPLACEMENTS = {
+    'ok': '.',
+    'FAILED': 'F',
+    'ignored': 'I',
+}
+TEST_RESULT_RE = re.compile(
+    r'^test .* \.\.\. ({0})$'.format('|'.join(REPLACEMENTS.keys())))
+
+
+def main():
+    while True:
+        line = sys.stdin.readline()
+        if len(line) is 0:
+            break
+        match = TEST_RESULT_RE.match(line)
+        if match:
+            sys.stdout.write(REPLACEMENTS[match.group(1)])
+        else:
+            sys.stdout.write(line)
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/scripts/travis-build.sh b/scripts/travis-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8a0148c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/travis-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2015 The html5ever Project Developers. See the
+# COPYRIGHT file at the top-level directory of this distribution.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+# <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+# option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+# except according to those terms.
+
+set -ex
+
+mkdir build
+cd build
+../configure
+make check docs for_c | ../scripts/shrink-test-output.py
+exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}