diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d0c962eb95e..fd6c417a2a8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+sudo: required
 language: c
 compiler:
   - gcc
   - clang
+services:
+  - docker
 before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - sudo apt-get install -y gdebi-core
-  - sudo test/travis/build_deps.sh precise $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
-script: ./test/travis/build_travis.sh
+  - docker pull linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker:jessie
+script: docker run -v $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR:/code:rw linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker:jessie /bin/bash -c "export CC=$CC; cd /code; ./test/travis/build_travis.sh"
 branches:
   only:
     - 'master'
diff --git a/test/travis/README.md b/test/travis/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a00dfe4d7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/travis/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+Travis-ci build
+===============
+
+The build environment is based on docker containers, so it can be easily
+reproducible by any developer of the project.
+
+The container we use is build at [docker hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker/)
+It's Debian Stretch based image build [DockerFile](https://github.com/linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker/blob/master/stretch/Dockerfile)
+
+Build locally
+-------------
+
+Same steps defined at [.travis.yml](https://github.com/kamailio/kamailio/blob/master/.travis.yml):
+
+- Choose the compiler you want to use setting `CC` to `gcc` or `clang`
+
+```
+$ docker pull linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker:jessie
+$ docker run \
+    -v $(pwd):/code:rw linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker:jessie \
+    /bin/bash -c "export CC=gcc; cd /code; ./test/travis/build_travis.sh"
+```
+
+You can always [login](./README.md#login-inside-the-build-environment) inside the container
+and build it [manually](http://www.kamailio.org/wiki/install/devel/git#compile_kamailio)
+
+Clean sources
+-------------
+
+```
+$ docker run \
+    -v $(pwd):/code:rw linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker:jessie \
+    /bin/bash -c "cd /code; make -f debian/rules clean; rm -rf debian"
+```
+
+Login inside the build environment
+----------------------------------
+
+```
+$ docker run -i -t \
+    -v $(pwd):/code:rw linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker:jessie /bin/bash
+```
+
+Test other Debian distributions
+-------------------------------
+
+There are several container [images available](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker/tags/) already.
+You just need to use any of the them selecting the proper tag
+
+```
+$ export $DIST=wheezy
+$ docker pull linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker:$DIST
+$ docker run \
+    -v $(pwd):/code:rw linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker:$DIST \
+    /bin/bash -c "export CC=$CC; cd /code; DIST=$DIST ./test/travis/build_travis.sh"
+```
+
+
+TODO
+----
+
+- tests inside the docker container
diff --git a/test/travis/build_travis.sh b/test/travis/build_travis.sh
index 1fcd4c1bc6b..85b9fb218b5 100755
--- a/test/travis/build_travis.sh
+++ b/test/travis/build_travis.sh
@@ -1,25 +1,50 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # build script for travis CI
-# environment based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise)
+# environment based docker container at
+# https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxmaniac/pkg-kamailio-docker/
 #
 
 set -e
 
-export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj"
-EXCLUDED_MODULES=""
-EXTRA_EXCLUDED_MODULES="bdb dbtext oracle pa iptrtpproxy mi_xmlrpc dnssec kazoo cnxcc"
-PACKAGE_GROUPS="mysql postgres berkeley unixodbc radius presence ldap xml perl utils lua memcached \
-	snmpstats carrierroute xmpp cpl redis python geoip\
-	sqlite json mono ims sctp java \
-	purple tls outbound websocket autheph"
-echo "make cfg"
-make FLAVOUR=kamailio cfg \
-	skip_modules="${EXCLUDED_MODULES} ${EXTRA_EXCLUDED_MODULES}" \
-	group_include="kstandard"
-echo "make all"
-make all
-echo "make groups"
-for grp in ${PACKAGE_GROUPS}; do
-	make every-module group_include="k${grp}"
-done
+DIST=${DIST:-jessie}
+CC=${CC:-gcc}
+
+if ! [ -d /code/pkg/kamailio/deb/"${DIST}" ] ; then
+	echo "${DIST} not supported"
+	exit 1
+else
+	rm -rf /code/debian
+	ln -s /code/pkg/kamailio/deb/"${DIST}" /code/debian
+fi
+function build {
+	echo "make clean"
+	make -f debian/rules clean
+	echo "make build"
+	make -f debian/rules build
+}
+
+if [[ "${CC}" =~ clang ]] ; then
+	CLANG=$(find /usr/bin -type l -name 'clang-[0-9]*' | sort -r | head -1)
+	echo "setting clang to ${CLANG}"
+	update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang clang "${CLANG}" 1
+fi
+
+echo "environment DIST=$DIST CC=$CC"
+${CC} --version
+
+# build flags
+export MEMDBG=0
+echo "build with MEMDBG=0"
+build
+
+export MEMDBG=1
+echo "build with MEMDBG=1"
+build
+
+if [[ "$CC" =~ gcc ]] ; then
+	echo "make install"
+	make install
+else
+	echo "skip make install step"
+fi