diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 318c99f75..66fc7bac8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ matrix:
       env: CXX=g++-4.8 GRUNT_TASK=integration_tests
     - node_js: "0.10"
       env: CXX=g++-4.8 GRUNT_TASK=integration_tests
+    - node_js: "5"
+      env: CXX=g++-4.8 GRUNT_TASK=browsers_tests
 addons:
   apt:
     sources:
@@ -31,6 +33,9 @@ install:
  - npm install
  - bower install
 before_script:
+ - "export DISPLAY=:99.0"
+ - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
+ - sleep 3 # give xvfb some time to start
  - grunt build
 script:
  - grunt $GRUNT_TASK
diff --git a/gruntfile.js b/gruntfile.js
index ed92dca17..73b833d89 100644
--- a/gruntfile.js
+++ b/gruntfile.js
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
             dev_build: {},
 
-            tests_on_browsers: {
+            browsers_tests: {
                 options: {
                     files:    ['bower_components/lodash/lodash.js', 'test.config.js', 'bin/chevrotain.js', 'bin/chevrotainSpecs.js'],
-                    browsers: ['Chrome', 'Firefox', 'IE']
+                    browsers: ['Firefox']
                 }
             }
         },
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     grunt.registerTask('build_test', buildTestTasks)
     grunt.registerTask('unit_tests', unitTestsTasks)
     grunt.registerTask('integration_tests', integrationTestsTasks)
+    grunt.registerTask('browsers_tests', "karma:browsers_tests")
 
     grunt.registerTask('dev_build_test', [
         'clean:dev',
diff --git a/karma.conf.js b/karma.conf.js
index 64e3195a7..f4e6fd080 100644
--- a/karma.conf.js
+++ b/karma.conf.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/*global module process */
 var specsFiles = require('./scripts/findSpecs')("bin/gen/test/", "test")
 var findRefs = require('./scripts/findRefs')
 var _ = require('lodash')