diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ea878ef2e4..80d9d7540a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ env:
     - MODE=router DART_CHANNEL=dev DART_VERSION=$DART_DEV_VERSION
     - MODE=build_only DART_CHANNEL=stable DART_VERSION=$DART_STABLE_VERSION
     - MODE=lint DART_CHANNEL=dev DART_VERSION=$DART_DEV_VERSION
+    - MODE=payload DART_CHANNEL=stable DART_VERSION=$DART_STABLE_VERSION
 
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
diff --git a/scripts/ci/build_and_test.sh b/scripts/ci/build_and_test.sh
index e1f7a1a9d3..0d4c9ce449 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/build_and_test.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/build_and_test.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ elif [ "$MODE" = "build_only" ]; then
   ${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_js.sh
   ${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_dart.sh
   mkdir deploy; tar -czpf deploy/dist.tgz -C dist .
+elif [ "$MODE" = "payload" ]; then
+  source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/env_dart.sh
+  ./node_modules/.bin/gulp test.payload.dart/ci
 else
   ${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_$MODE.sh
   ${SCRIPT_DIR}/test_$MODE.sh