diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f4761da..ba7e83b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,16 +17,12 @@ install:
 script:
 - export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-6
 - export CXX=/usr/bin/g++-6
-- cargo test --verbose
-- cargo test --manifest-path=spec/Cargo.toml
-# cargo-deadlinks will check any links in docs generated by `cargo doc`.
-# This is useful as rustdoc uses raw links which is error prone.
-- cargo doc && cargo deadlinks
+- ./test.sh
+- ./doc.sh
 after_success: |
   # Build documentation and deploy it to github pages.
   [ $TRAVIS_BRANCH = master ] &&
   [ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST = false ] &&
-  cargo doc &&
   echo "<meta http-equiv=refresh content=0;url=`echo $TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG | cut -d '/' -f 2`/index.html>" > target/doc/index.html &&
   sudo pip install ghp-import &&
   ghp-import -n target/doc &&
diff --git a/check.sh b/check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6d29690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eux
+
+cd $(dirname $0)
+
+cargo check --tests
+cargo check \
+	--manifest-path=spec/Cargo.toml \
+	--tests
+
+cd -
diff --git a/doc.sh b/doc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..652db79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eux
+
+cd $(dirname $0)
+
+cargo doc
+
+# cargo-deadlinks will check any links in docs generated by `cargo doc`.
+# This is useful as rustdoc uses raw links which are error prone.
+command -v cargo-deadlinks &> /dev/null &&
+	cargo deadlinks
+
+cd -
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..caad167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eux
+
+cd $(dirname $0)
+
+time cargo test
+time cargo test --manifest-path=spec/Cargo.toml
+
+cd -