diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index de32215..26e2bf0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,90 @@
-language: haskell
+language: c
+sudo: false
 
-before_install:
-  # Uncomment whenever hackage is down.
-  # - mkdir -p ~/.cabal && cp travis/config ~/.cabal/config
-  - cabal update
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.cabsnap
+    - $HOME/.cabal/packages
+
+before_cache:
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/build-reports.log
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar
 
-  # Try installing some of the build-deps with apt-get for speed.
-  - travis/cabal-apt-install --only-dependencies --force-reinstall $mode
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - env: CABALVER=1.16 GHCVER=7.4.2
+      compiler: ": #GHC 7.4.2"
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.16,ghc-7.4.2,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - env: CABALVER=1.16 GHCVER=7.6.3
+      compiler: ": #GHC 7.6.3"
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.16,ghc-7.6.3,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - env: CABALVER=1.18 GHCVER=7.8.4
+      compiler: ": #GHC 7.8.4"
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.18,ghc-7.8.4,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - env: CABALVER=1.22 GHCVER=7.10.1
+      compiler: ": #GHC 7.10.1"
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.22,ghc-7.10.1,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - env: CABALVER=1.22 GHCVER=7.10.2
+      compiler: ": #GHC 7.10.2"
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.22,ghc-7.10.2,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+
+before_install:
+ - unset CC
+ - export HAPPYVER=1.19.5
+ - export ALEXVER=3.1.4
+ - export PATH=~/.cabal/bin:/opt/ghc/$GHCVER/bin:/opt/cabal/$CABALVER/bin:/opt/happy/$HAPPYVER/bin:/opt/alex/$ALEXVER/bin:$PATH
 
 install:
-  - cabal configure $mode
-  - cabal build
+ - cabal --version
+ - echo "$(ghc --version) [$(ghc --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
+ - if [ -f $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz ];
+   then
+     zcat $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz >
+          $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar;
+   fi
+ - travis_retry cabal update
+ - "sed -i  's/^jobs:.*$/jobs: 2/' $HOME/.cabal/config"
+ - cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks --dry -v > installplan.txt
+ - sed -i -e '1,/^Resolving /d' installplan.txt; cat installplan.txt
 
+# check whether current requested install-plan matches cached package-db snapshot
+ - if diff -u installplan.txt $HOME/.cabsnap/installplan.txt;
+   then
+     echo "cabal build-cache HIT";
+     rm -rfv .ghc;
+     cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc $HOME/.ghc;
+     cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/lib $HOME/.cabsnap/share $HOME/.cabsnap/bin $HOME/.cabal/;
+   else
+     echo "cabal build-cache MISS";
+     rm -rf $HOME/.cabsnap;
+     mkdir -p $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin;
+     cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks;
+     if [ "$GHCVER" = "7.10.1" ]; then cabal install Cabal-1.22.4.0; fi;
+   fi
+
+# snapshot package-db on cache miss
+ - if [ ! -d $HOME/.cabsnap ];
+   then
+      echo "snapshotting package-db to build-cache";
+      mkdir $HOME/.cabsnap;
+      cp -a $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc;
+      cp -a $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin installplan.txt $HOME/.cabsnap/;
+   fi
+
+# Here starts the actual work to be performed for the package under test;
+# any command which exits with a non-zero exit code causes the build to fail.
 script:
-  - $script
+ - cabal configure --enable-tests -v2  # -v2 provides useful information for debugging
+ - cabal build   # this builds all libraries and executables (including tests)
+ - cabal test
+ - cabal bench || true  # expected result: these will crash
+ - cabal sdist || true  # tests that a source-distribution can be generated
+
+# Check that the resulting source distribution can be built & installed.
+# If there are no other `.tar.gz` files in `dist`, this can be even simpler:
+# `cabal install --force-reinstalls dist/*-*.tar.gz`
+ - SRC_TGZ=$(cabal info . | awk '{print $2;exit}').tar.gz &&
+   (cd dist && cabal install --force-reinstalls "$SRC_TGZ")
 
 notifications:
   irc:
@@ -21,7 +92,5 @@ notifications:
       - "irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens"
     skip_join: true
     template:
-      - "\x0313trifecta\x03/\x0306%{branch}\x03 \x0314%{commit}\x03 %{build_url} %{message}"
-
-env:
-  - mode="--enable-tests" script="cabal test --show-details=always"
+      - "\x0313trifecta\x0f/\x0306%{branch}\x0f \x0314%{commit}\x0f %{message} \x0302\x1f%{build_url}\x0f"
+# EOF