diff --git a/karma.conf.js b/karma.conf.js
index 8d43e50..9e69b8a 100644
--- a/karma.conf.js
+++ b/karma.conf.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
       browserNoActivityTimeout: 1500,
       captureTimeout: 3000,
       client: {
+         args: [],
          mocha: {
             timeout: 1500,
             ui: 'bdd'
@@ -70,8 +71,8 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
       singleRun: true
    };
 
-   if (process.env.TRAVIS) {
-      settings.exclude = ['test/spec/reader/*.js'];
+   if (process.env.CI) {
+      settings.client.args.push('ci');
       settings.browsers = ['Chrome_travis_ci'];
    }
 
diff --git a/test/spec/reader/speaker.spec.js b/test/spec/reader/speaker.spec.js
index b84170a..50abae3 100644
--- a/test/spec/reader/speaker.spec.js
+++ b/test/spec/reader/speaker.spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import Speaker from '../../../src/reader/speaker';
 
+const isCI = window.__karma__.config.args.indexOf('ci') >= 0; // jscs:disable disallowDanglingUnderscores
+
 /**
  * @test {Speaker}
  */
@@ -39,6 +41,12 @@ describe('Speaker', function() {
    });
 
    describe('isSpeaking()', function() {
+      before(function() {
+         if (isCI) {
+            this.skip();
+         }
+      });
+
       beforeEach(function() {
          speaker.cancel();
       });
@@ -87,6 +95,12 @@ describe('Speaker', function() {
    });
 
    describe('speak()', function() {
+      before(function() {
+         if (isCI) {
+            this.skip();
+         }
+      });
+
       context('with the default settings', function() {
          it('should prompt the text provided', function() {
             let text = 'hello';
@@ -172,6 +186,12 @@ describe('Speaker', function() {
    });
 
    describe('events', function() {
+      before(function() {
+         if (isCI) {
+            this.skip();
+         }
+      });
+
       it('should trigger a webreader.synthesisstart event when a text starts being prompted', function() {
          let text, synthesisStartSpy, speakSpy;