diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 35a7dce16e..90b70417de 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ language: cpp
 
 os:
   - linux
+  - osx
 
 compiler:
   - clang
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ matrix:
 
 # Successful builds are archived and uploaded to S3 for regression testing.
 before_deploy:
-  - . ./ci/travis/before_deploy-linux.sh
+  - "if [ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME:-'linux'} = 'linux' ]; then . ./ci/travis/before_deploy-linux.sh; fi"
 
 deploy:
   provider: s3
@@ -62,11 +63,14 @@ notifications:
       - https://webhooks.gitter.im/e/68f77bae61efa5c931f8
 
 before_install:
-  - . ./ci/travis/before_install-linux.sh
-  - export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/travis/.local/lib/python$PY_VER/site-packages
+  - "if [ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME:-'linux'} = 'linux' ]; then . ./ci/travis/before_install-linux.sh; fi"
+  - "if [ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME:-'linux'} = 'linux' ]; then export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/travis/.local/lib/python$PY_VER/site-packages; fi"
+  - "if [ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME:-'linux'} = 'osx' ]; then . ./ci/travis/before_install-osx.sh; fi"
+  - "if [ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME:-'linux'} = 'osx' ]; then export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/Users/travis/Library/Python/$PY_VER/lib/python/site-packages; fi"
 
 install:
-  - . ./ci/travis/install-linux.sh
+  - "if [ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME:-'linux'} = 'linux' ]; then . ./ci/travis/install-linux.sh; fi"
+  - "if [ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME:-'linux'} = 'osx' ]; then . ./ci/travis/install-osx.sh; fi"
 
 script:
   - . ./ci/travis/script-run-tests.sh
diff --git a/ci/travis/before_install-osx.sh b/ci/travis/before_install-osx.sh
index c35b888935..41a9639694 100755
--- a/ci/travis/before_install-osx.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/before_install-osx.sh
@@ -25,23 +25,14 @@ echo Running `basename $0`...
 echo
 
 # Get Darwin64 libs for OSX
-echo ">>> git clone https://github.com/numenta/nupic-darwin64.git"
+echo ">>> Cloning nupic-darwin64 at 40eee5d8b4f79fe52b282c393c8e1a1f5ba7a906..."
 git clone https://github.com/numenta/nupic-darwin64.git
-echo ">>> (cd nupic-darwin64 && git reset --hard 6496136d3748f5f15eaf8e85e48c113d7447149b)"
-(cd nupic-darwin64 && git reset --hard 6496136d3748f5f15eaf8e85e48c113d7447149b)
-echo ">>> source nupic-darwin64/bin/activate"
+(cd nupic-darwin64 && git reset --hard 40eee5d8b4f79fe52b282c393c8e1a1f5ba7a906) || exit
+echo ">>> Activating nupic-darwin64..."
 source nupic-darwin64/bin/activate
 
-# Install cmake on OSX
-echo ">>> brew install cmake"
-brew install cmake
-
 # Install and start MySQL on OSX
 echo ">>> brew install mysql"
 brew install mysql
 echo ">>> mysql.server start"
 mysql.server start
-
-# Prefix env with our user installation
-echo ">>> export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/Users/travis/Library/Python/$PY_VER/lib/python/site-packages"
-export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/Users/travis/Library/Python/$PY_VER/lib/python/site-packages
diff --git a/ci/travis/install-linux.sh b/ci/travis/install-linux.sh
index 9776c2dd18..d80829099a 100755
--- a/ci/travis/install-linux.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/install-linux.sh
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ python$PY_VER setup.py install --user
 
 # Show nupic installation folder by trying to import nupic, if works, it prints 
 # the absolute path of nupic.__file__, which the installation folder itself.
-python -c 'import sys;import os;import nupic;sys.stdout.write(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(nupic.__file__, "../..")))'
+python -c 'import sys;import os;import nupic;sys.stdout.write(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(nupic.__file__, "../..")))' || exit
diff --git a/ci/travis/install-osx.sh b/ci/travis/install-osx.sh
index 4204650c79..d80829099a 100755
--- a/ci/travis/install-osx.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/install-osx.sh
@@ -24,4 +24,16 @@ echo
 echo Running `basename $0`...
 echo
 
-cmake $NUPIC -DPROJECT_BUILD_RELEASE_DIR:STRING=$NTA
\ No newline at end of file
+# Verify cmake version
+cmake --version
+
+# Verify python version
+python$PY_VER --version
+
+# Build NuPIC
+cd $NUPIC
+python$PY_VER setup.py install --user
+
+# Show nupic installation folder by trying to import nupic, if works, it prints 
+# the absolute path of nupic.__file__, which the installation folder itself.
+python -c 'import sys;import os;import nupic;sys.stdout.write(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(nupic.__file__, "../..")))' || exit