diff --git a/ci/travis/linux/install.sh b/ci/travis/linux/install.sh
index e1e9c5affd2..48a0b377580 100755
--- a/ci/travis/linux/install.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/linux/install.sh
@@ -39,21 +39,39 @@ CLANG_WARNINGS=""
 # Include this line for debug reasons
 #      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
 #
-cmake \
-      -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/home/travis/osgeo4travis \
-      -DWITH_STAGED_PLUGINS=ON \
-      -DWITH_GRASS=ON \
-      -DWITH_GRASS7=ON \
-      -DGRASS_PREFIX7=/home/travis/osgeo4travis/grass-7.0.4 \
-      -DSUPPRESS_QT_WARNINGS=ON \
-      -DENABLE_MODELTEST=ON \
-      -DENABLE_PGTEST=ON \
-      -DWITH_QSPATIALITE=ON \
-      -DWITH_QWTPOLAR=OFF \
-      -DWITH_APIDOC=ON \
-      -DWITH_ASTYLE=ON \
-      -DWITH_SERVER=ON \
-      -DWITH_INTERNAL_YAML=OFF \
-      -DDISABLE_DEPRECATED=ON \
-      -DCXX_EXTRA_FLAGS="$CLANG_WARNINGS" \
-      ..
+CMAKE_FLAGS="
+      -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/home/travis/osgeo4travis
+      -DWITH_STAGED_PLUGINS=ON
+      -DWITH_GRASS=ON
+      -DWITH_GRASS7=ON
+      -DGRASS_PREFIX7=/home/travis/osgeo4travis/grass-7.0.4
+      -DSUPPRESS_QT_WARNINGS=ON
+      -DENABLE_MODELTEST=ON
+      -DENABLE_PGTEST=ON
+      -DWITH_QSPATIALITE=ON
+      -DWITH_QWTPOLAR=OFF
+      -DWITH_APIDOC=ON
+      -DWITH_ASTYLE=ON
+      -DWITH_INTERNAL_YAML=OFF
+      -DDISABLE_DEPRECATED=ON
+      -DCXX_EXTRA_FLAGS=${CLANG_WARNINGS}
+      "
+
+# The following options trigger a minimalized build to
+# reduce the travis build time so we don't time out and
+# have a chance of slowly filling the ccache.
+if [ "$CACHE_WARMING" = true ] ; then
+  CMAKE_FLAGS="
+    ${CMAKE_FLAGS}
+    -DWITH_DESKTOP=OFF
+    -DWITH_SERVER=OFF
+  "
+else
+  CMAKE_FLAGS="
+    ${CMAKE_FLAGS}
+    -DWITH_DESKTOP=ON
+    -DWITH_SERVER=ON
+  "
+fi
+
+cmake $CMAKE_FLAGS ..
diff --git a/ci/travis/linux/script.sh b/ci/travis/linux/script.sh
index 42b733cf62f..95a6836ff34 100755
--- a/ci/travis/linux/script.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/linux/script.sh
@@ -26,5 +26,11 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 export OTB_APPLICATION_PATH=${HOME}/OTB-5.6.0-Linux64/lib/otb/applications
 export LD_PRELOAD=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSegFault.so
 
-xvfb-run ctest -V -E "qgis_filedownloader|qgis_openstreetmaptest|qgis_wcsprovidertest|PyQgsWFSProviderGUI|qgis_ziplayertest|$(cat ${DIR}/blacklist.txt | paste -sd '|' -)" -S ./qgis-test-travis.ctest --output-on-failure
 # xvfb-run ctest -V -E "qgis_openstreetmaptest|qgis_wcsprovidertest" -S ./qgis-test-travis.ctest --output-on-failure
+if [ "$CACHE_WARMING" = true ] ; then
+  echo "WARNING: CACHE WARMING IS ACTIVE. SET CACHE_WARMING=false TO GET MEANINGFUL RESULTS."
+  xvfb-run ctest -V -R NOTESTS -S ./qgis-test-travis.ctest --output-on-failure
+  false
+else
+  xvfb-run ctest -V -E "qgis_filedownloader|qgis_openstreetmaptest|qgis_wcsprovidertest|PyQgsWFSProviderGUI|qgis_ziplayertest|$(cat ${DIR}/blacklist.txt | paste -sd '|' -)" -S ./qgis-test-travis.ctest --output-on-failure
+fi