diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 683f530f2..00e117bf2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,18 @@ addons:
       - gcc-4.8
       - g++-4.8
       - gfortran-4.8
+      - liblapack-dev
+      - libgmp3-dev
+      - libsuitesparse-dev
+      - libeigen3-dev
 
 before_script:
     - export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8" FC="gfortran-4.8"
     - cd ..
+    - opm-common/travis/build-prereqs.sh
+    - opm-common/travis/clone-opm.sh opm-common
+    
+
+script: opm-common/travis/build-and-test.sh opm-common
+
 
-script: opm-common/travis/build-and-test-opm-common.sh
diff --git a/travis/build-and-test.sh b/travis/build-and-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f4268411b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis/build-and-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+build_order=(opm-common opm-parser opm-material opm-core opm-output opm-grid opm-simulators opm-upscaling)
+
+# This shell script should be started with the name of a module as
+# only only command line argument. It will start by building all
+# upstream modules, then it will build and test the module of interest
+# and all downstream modules.
+#
+# Before invoking this script all the modules should have been cloned
+# in sibling directories, so that this script will see this directory
+# structure:
+#
+#   opm-common/
+#   opm-parser/
+#   opm-material/
+#   opm-output/
+#   opm-core/
+#   opm-grid/
+#   opm-simulators/
+#   opm-upscaling/
+#
+#
+# This can typically be achived by using the 'clone-opm.sh' script.
+
+
+
+function upstream_build {
+    project=${1}
+    echo "Building: ${project}"
+    mkdir -p ${project}/build
+    pushd ${project}/build > /dev/null
+    cmake ../ -DENABLE_PYTHON=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DSILENCE_EXTERNAL_WARNINGS=True
+    make 
+    popd > /dev/null
+}
+
+
+function downstream_build_and_test {
+    project=${1}
+    echo "Building and testing: ${project}"
+    mkdir -p ${project}/build
+    pushd ${project}/build > /dev/null
+    # The build commands cmake, make and ctest must be given as
+    # separate commands and not chained with &&. If chaining with &&
+    # is used the 'set -e' does not exit on first error.
+    cmake ../ -DENABLE_PYTHON=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DSILENCE_EXTERNAL_WARNINGS=True
+    make
+    ctest --output-on-failure
+    popd > /dev/null
+}
+
+
+for i in "${!build_order[@]}"; do
+   if [[ "${build_order[$i]}" = "$1" ]]; then
+       project_index=$i
+   fi
+done
+
+if [[ -z ${project_index} ]]; then
+   echo "${0}: Project: ${1} not recognized."
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+
+
+build_index=0
+
+
+while [ $build_index -lt ${project_index} ];
+do
+    project=${build_order[$build_index]}
+    upstream_build ${project}
+    build_index=$((build_index + 1)) 
+done
+
+
+
+while [ $build_index -lt ${#build_order[@]} ]
+do
+    project=${build_order[$build_index]}
+    downstream_build_and_test ${project}
+    build_index=$((build_index + 1)) 
+done
+      
diff --git a/travis/build-prereqs.sh b/travis/build-prereqs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..08d857b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis/build-prereqs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# This script should build all the OPM dependencies which are installed from source.
+
+
+# The build_dune function should take the module name as the first
+# argument. By default the script will clone the source from:
+#
+#    https://github.com/dune-project/${project}.git
+#
+# But you can optionally supply a git url as second argument, i.e.
+#
+#    build_dune  dune-alugrid https://gitlab.dune-project.org/extensions/dune-alugrid.git
+#
+# to build the dune-alugrid module which is not found at github.
+
+function build_dune {
+   project=$1
+   if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
+       url=https://github.com/dune-project/${project}.git
+   else
+       url=$2
+   fi
+   pushd . > /dev/null
+   git clone ${url}
+   cd ${project}
+   git checkout tags/v2.3.1
+   mkdir build
+   cd build
+   cmake ../
+   make
+   popd > /dev/null
+}
+
+
+
+function build_superlu {
+   pushd . > /dev/null
+   git clone https://github.com/starseeker/SuperLU.git
+   cd SuperLU
+   mkdir build
+   cd build
+   cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=.. -D SUPERLU_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -D SUPERLU_ENABLE_TESTING=OFF ../
+   make install
+   popd > /dev/null
+}
+
+
+
+function build_ert {
+    git clone https://github.com/Ensembles/ert.git
+    mkdir -p ert/build
+    pushd ert/build > /dev/null
+    cmake ../devel && make
+    popd > /dev/null
+}
+
+
+#################################################################
+
+build_superlu
+build_ert
+
+build_dune dune-common
+build_dune dune-istl
+build_dune dune-geometry
+build_dune dune-grid
+
+
+
diff --git a/travis/clone-opm.sh b/travis/clone-opm.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..85d47f2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis/clone-opm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+project_list=(opm-data opm-common opm-parser opm-material opm-core opm-output opm-grid opm-simulators opm-upscaling ewoms)
+
+# Will clone all the projects *except* the one project given as commandline argument; that
+# has typically been checked out by travis already.
+
+function clone_project {
+    url=https://github.com/OPM/${1}.git
+    git clone $url
+}
+
+
+for project in "${project_list[@]}"; do
+    if [ "$project" != $1 ]; then
+        clone_project $project
+    fi
+done
+
+
+