diff --git a/ci/travis-config.sh b/ci/travis-config.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85e6a9790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/travis-config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Build configuration on Travis.
+#
+# Defines a CMAKE_ARGS variable for use with cmake
+#
+# This file is sourced by travis.sh, and exports the variables
+# to the environment.
+CMAKE_ARGS="\
+  -DWEBVIEW_FORCE_WEBKIT=1 \
+  -DKDE_INSTALL_USE_QT_SYS_PATHS=ON \
+  -DWITH_PYTHONQT=OFF"
+
+export CMAKE_ARGS
diff --git a/ci/travis-continuous.sh b/ci/travis-continuous.sh
index 02994be74..42cfb4bd3 100755
--- a/ci/travis-continuous.sh
+++ b/ci/travis-continuous.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ test -f $SRCDIR/CMakeLists.txt || exit 1
 
 cd $BUILDDIR || exit 1
 
-cmake -DWEBVIEW_FORCE_WEBKIT=1 -DKDE_INSTALL_USE_QT_SYS_PATHS=ON $SRCDIR && make -j2 && make install DESTDIR=/build/INSTALL_ROOT
+cmake $CMAKE_ARGS $SRCDIR && make -j2 && make install DESTDIR=/build/INSTALL_ROOT
diff --git a/ci/travis-coverity.sh b/ci/travis-coverity.sh
index 07da4ce1a..c9495cf56 100755
--- a/ci/travis-coverity.sh
+++ b/ci/travis-coverity.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ tar xvf coverity_tool.tar.gz -C "$BUILDDIR/coveritytool" --strip-components 2
 export PATH="$BUILDDIR/coveritytool/bin:$PATH"
 
 
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWEBVIEW_FORCE_WEBKIT=1 -DKDE_INSTALL_USE_QT_SYS_PATHS=ON $SRCDIR || exit 1
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug $CMAKE_ARGS $SRCDIR || exit 1
 cov-build --dir cov-int make -j2
 
 tar caf calamares-ci.tar.xz cov-int
diff --git a/ci/travis.sh b/ci/travis.sh
index c8ac49f5d..364923b9e 100755
--- a/ci/travis.sh
+++ b/ci/travis.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ test -d "$D" || exit 1
 test -x "$D/travis-continuous.sh" || exit 1
 test -x "$D/travis-coverity.sh" || exit 1
 
+test -f "$D/travis-common.sh" && . "$D/travis-config.sh"
+
 if test "$TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE" = "cron" ; then
   exec "$D/travis-coverity.sh"
 else