diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7dff84ed..3f6c3bcf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ rust:
   - stable
 
 env:
-  - CARGO_FEATURE_SYSTEM_NETLIB=1 CARGO_FEATURE_EXCLUDE_LAPACKE=1 CARGO_FEATURE_EXCLUDE_CBLAS=1
+  -
+  - LAPACK=1 CARGO_FEATURE_SYSTEM_NETLIB=1 CARGO_FEATURE_EXCLUDE_LAPACKE=1 CARGO_FEATURE_EXCLUDE_CBLAS=1
   - NO_STD=1 CARGO_FEATURES=""
   - NO_STD=1 CARGO_FEATURES="alloc"
 
diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index b70a404b..4c5c4d1b 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -3,16 +3,26 @@
 set -ev
 
 if [ -z "$NO_STD" ]; then
-    cargo build --verbose;
-    cargo build --verbose --features "arbitrary";
-    cargo build --verbose --features "mint";
-    cargo build --verbose --features "alloc";
-    cargo build --verbose --features "serde-serialize";
-    cargo build --verbose --features "abomonation-serialize";
-    cargo build --verbose --features "debug";
-    cargo build --verbose --features "debug arbitrary mint serde-serialize abomonation-serialize";
+    if [ -z "$LAPACK" ]; then
+        cargo build --verbose -p nalgebra;
+        cargo build --verbose -p nalgebra --features "arbitrary";
+        cargo build --verbose -p nalgebra --features "mint";
+        cargo build --verbose -p nalgebra --features "alloc";
+        cargo build --verbose -p nalgebra --features "serde-serialize";
+        cargo build --verbose -p nalgebra --features "abomonation-serialize";
+        cargo build --verbose -p nalgebra --features "debug";
+        cargo build --verbose -p nalgebra --features "debug arbitrary mint serde-serialize abomonation-serialize";
+    else
+        cargo build -p nalgebra-lapack;
+    fi
 else
+    if [ "$CARGO_FEATURES" == "alloc" ]; then
+        cat << EOF > Xargo.toml
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.dependencies]
+alloc = {}
+EOF
+    fi
     rustup component add rust-src
-    cargo install xargo;
+    cargo install xargo
     xargo build --verbose --no-default-features --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --features "${CARGO_FEATURES}";
 fi
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diff --git a/ci/test.sh b/ci/test.sh
index 4e938bc4..d75dfa0f 100755
--- a/ci/test.sh
+++ b/ci/test.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 set -ev
 
 if [ -z "$NO_STD" ]; then
-    cargo test --verbose;
-    cargo test --verbose "debug arbitrary mint serde-serialize abomonation-serialize";
-    cd nalgebra-lapack; cargo test --verbose;
+    if [ -z "$LAPACK" ]; then
+        cargo test --verbose;
+        cargo test --verbose "debug arbitrary mint serde-serialize abomonation-serialize";
+    else
+        cd nalgebra-lapack; cargo test --verbose;
+    fi
 fi
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