diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 77402908df2..fe919e118ba 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,12 +23,9 @@ before_script:
     - composer install
       #- composer install
     - chmod -R 777 tmp
-    - chmod -R 777 tmp/runtime
     - chmod -R 777 upload
     - chmod -R 777 themes  # Need 777 so both console and web server can cd into the folder.
-    - mkdir -p tests/tmp/runtime
     - chmod -R 777 tests/tmp
-    - chmod -R 777 tests/tmp/runtime
     - php application/commands/console.php install admin password TravisLS no@email.com verbose
     - cp application/config/config-sample-mysql.php application/config/config.php
     # Enable debug=2 in config file. OBS: This assumes debug is on line 59.
diff --git a/tests/tmp/.gitignore b/tests/tmp/.gitignore
index 49789cd0262..a7d63e793b0 100644
--- a/tests/tmp/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/tmp/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *
 !screenshots
+!runtime
 !.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/tmp/runtime/.gitignore b/tests/tmp/runtime/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c96a04f008e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tmp/runtime/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file