diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 461324f45..1d6a6a9b6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ os:
 language: python
 python:
 - 3.6
+env:
+  - BACKTEST=
+  - BACKTEST=true
 addons:
   apt:
     packages:
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/test_hyperopt.py b/freqtrade/tests/test_hyperopt.py
index 5053cbfcd..ad2e5564c 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/test_hyperopt.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/test_hyperopt.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def test_hyperopt(conf, pairs, mocker):
         ]),
     }
     trials = Trials()
-    best = fmin(fn=optimizer, space=space, algo=tpe.suggest, max_evals=40, trials=trials)
+    best = fmin(fn=optimizer, space=space, algo=tpe.suggest, max_evals=4, trials=trials)
     print('\n\n\n\n====================== HYPEROPT BACKTESTING REPORT ================================')
     print('Best parameters {}'.format(best))
     newlist = sorted(trials.results, key=itemgetter('loss'))