diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a241dff0f..e2aa84f5c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ before_script:
  - cp config/local-sample.config.php config/local.config.php
  - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test;'
  - mysql -utravis test < database.sql
- - echo "extension=redis.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
- - echo "extension=memcached.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
- - echo "apc.enable_cli = 1" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
+ - pecl channel-update pecl.php.net
+ - pecl config-set preferred_state beta
+ - if [[ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION != "7.1" ]]; then echo yes | pecl upgrade apcu; fi
+ - if [[ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION != "7.1" ]]; then phpenv config-add .travis/apcu.ini; fi
+ - phpenv config-add .travis/redis.ini
+ - phpenv config-add .travis/memcached.ini
+
 after_success: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
diff --git a/.travis/apcu.ini b/.travis/apcu.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92598662c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/apcu.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+extension="apcu.so"
+
+apc.enabled = 1
+apc.enable_cli = 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis/memcached.ini b/.travis/memcached.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9a2ff0c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/memcached.ini
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+extension="memcached.so"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis/redis.ini b/.travis/redis.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab995b837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/redis.ini
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+extension="redis.so"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/src/Core/Lock/APCuCacheLockDriverTest.php b/tests/src/Core/Lock/APCuCacheLockDriverTest.php
index 7b0137e36..6e185d6b9 100644
--- a/tests/src/Core/Lock/APCuCacheLockDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Core/Lock/APCuCacheLockDriverTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ use Friendica\Core\Lock\CacheLockDriver;
 
 class APCuCacheLockDriverTest extends LockTest
 {
+	protected function setUp()
+	{
+		if (!APCuCache::isAvailable()) {
+			$this->markTestSkipped('APCu is not available');
+		}
+
+		parent::setUp();
+	}
+
 	protected function getInstance()
 	{
 		return new CacheLockDriver(new APCuCache());