diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 513f3c15ad4..b999ae51002 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ install:
   - bash -c "if [ '$RAILS_MASTER' == '1' ]; then bundle update --retry=3 --jobs=3 arel rails rails-observers seed-fu; fi"
   - bash -c "if [ '$RAILS_MASTER' == '0' ]; then bundle install --without development --deployment --retry=3 --jobs=3; fi"
 
-script: 'bundle exec rspec && bundle exec rake plugin:spec && bundle exec rake qunit:test'
+script: 'bundle exec rspec && bundle exec rake plugin:spec && bundle exec rake qunit:test['200000']'
diff --git a/lib/tasks/qunit.rake b/lib/tasks/qunit.rake
index 70ff6d5e458..b4e9e228875 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/qunit.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/qunit.rake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 desc "Runs the qunit test suite"
 
-task "qunit:test" => :environment do
+task "qunit:test", [:timeout] => :environment do |_, args|
 
   require "rack"
   require "socket"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ task "qunit:test" => :environment do
   begin
     success = true
     test_path = "#{Rails.root}/vendor/assets/javascripts"
-    cmd = "phantomjs #{test_path}/run-qunit.js http://localhost:#{port}/qunit"
+    cmd = "phantomjs #{test_path}/run-qunit.js http://localhost:#{port}/qunit #{args[:timeout]}"
 
     options = {}