diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7a0b9f28b..d79c02f93 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 language: cpp
 
 sudo: required
+dist: trusty
 
 before_install:
   - .travis/before_install.sh
@@ -44,20 +45,20 @@ matrix:
     - env: BUILD_TARGET="scan-build"
       compiler: clang
       os: linux
-    - env: BUILD_TARGET="posix-distcheck" DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--with-examples=posix --enable-cli --enable-ncp --with-tests=all" VERBOSE=1
-      compiler: gcc
-      os: linux
-    - env: NODE_TYPE=ncp-sim BUILD_TARGET="posix-distcheck" DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--with-examples=posix --enable-cli --enable-ncp=uart --with-tests=all" VERBOSE=1 BuildJobs=10
+    - env: BUILD_TARGET="cc2538"
       compiler: gcc
       os: linux
     - env: BUILD_TARGET="posix"
       compiler: clang
       os: linux
-    - env: BUILD_TARGET="posix-32-bit"
+    - env: BUILD_TARGET="posix-distcheck" VERBOSE=1
       compiler: gcc
       os: linux
-    - env: BUILD_TARGET="cc2538"
+    - env: BUILD_TARGET="posix-32-bit" VERBOSE=1
+      compiler: gcc
+      os: linux
+    - env: BUILD_TARGET="posix-ncp" VERBOSE=1
       compiler: gcc
       os: linux
   allow_failures:
-    - env: NODE_TYPE=ncp-sim BUILD_TARGET="posix-distcheck" DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--with-examples=posix --enable-cli --enable-ncp=uart --with-tests=all" VERBOSE=1 BuildJobs=10
+    - env: BUILD_TARGET="posix-ncp" VERBOSE=1
diff --git a/.travis/before_install.sh b/.travis/before_install.sh
index 5b11e1c81..59e330fca 100755
--- a/.travis/before_install.sh
+++ b/.travis/before_install.sh
@@ -37,8 +37,27 @@ set -x
 cd /tmp || die
 
 [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME != linux ] || {    
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install python-pexpect || die
+    sudo apt-get update || die
+
+    sudo -H pip install --upgrade pip || die
+    pip install --upgrade pip || die
+
+    sudo -H pip install pexpect || die
+    pip install pexpect || die
+
+    [ $BUILD_TARGET != pretty-check ] || {
+        wget http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/astyle/astyle/astyle%202.05.1/astyle_2.05.1_linux.tar.gz || die
+        tar xzvf astyle_2.05.1_linux.tar.gz || die
+        cd astyle/build/gcc || die
+        LDFLAGS=" " make || die
+        cd ../../..
+        export PATH=/tmp/astyle/build/gcc/bin:$PATH || die
+        astyle --version || die
+    }
+
+    [ $BUILD_TARGET != scan-build ] || {
+        sudo apt-get install clang || die
+    }
 
     [ $BUILD_TARGET != cc2538 ] || {
         sudo apt-get install lib32z1 || die
@@ -48,19 +67,15 @@ cd /tmp || die
         arm-none-eabi-gcc --version || die
     }
 
-    [ $BUILD_TARGET != scan-build ] || {
-        sudo apt-get install clang || die
-    }
-
     [ $BUILD_TARGET != posix-32-bit ] || {
         sudo apt-get install g++-multilib || die
     }
 
-    [ $NODE_TYPE != ncp-sim ] || {
-        sudo easy_install pip || die
-        sudo pip install blessed || die
-        sudo pip install ipaddress || die
-        sudo pip install scapy || die
+    [ $BUILD_TARGET != posix-ncp ] || {
+        pip install blessed || die
+        pip install ipaddress || die
+        pip install scapy || die
+        pip install pyserial || die
     }
 }
 
@@ -74,13 +89,3 @@ cd /tmp || die
         arm-none-eabi-gcc --version || die
     }
 }
-
-[ $BUILD_TARGET != pretty-check ] || {
-    wget http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/astyle/astyle/astyle%202.05.1/astyle_2.05.1_linux.tar.gz || die
-    tar xzvf astyle_2.05.1_linux.tar.gz || die
-    cd astyle/build/gcc || die
-    LDFLAGS=" " make || die
-    cd ../../..
-    export PATH=/tmp/astyle/build/gcc/bin:$PATH || die
-    astyle --version || die
-}
diff --git a/.travis/script.sh b/.travis/script.sh
index 0194bab99..adcb1d0cb 100755
--- a/.travis/script.sh
+++ b/.travis/script.sh
@@ -42,16 +42,9 @@ set -x
     make pretty-check || die
 }
 
-[ $BUILD_TARGET != posix-distcheck ] || {
-    make -f examples/Makefile-posix distcheck || die
-}
-
-[ $BUILD_TARGET != posix ] || {
-    make -f examples/Makefile-posix || die
-}
-
-[ $BUILD_TARGET != posix-32-bit ] || {
-    CFLAGS=-m32 CXXFLAGS=-m32 LDFLAGS=-m32 make -f examples/Makefile-posix || die
+[ $BUILD_TARGET != scan-build ] || {
+    ./configure --with-examples=posix --enable-cli
+    scan-build --status-bugs -v make
 }
 
 [ $BUILD_TARGET != cc2538 ] || {
@@ -61,7 +54,18 @@ set -x
     arm-none-eabi-size  output/bin/arm-none-eabi-ot-ncp || die
 }
 
-[ $BUILD_TARGET != scan-build ] || {
-    ./configure --with-examples=posix --enable-cli
-    scan-build --status-bugs -v make
+[ $BUILD_TARGET != posix ] || {
+    make -f examples/Makefile-posix || die
+}
+
+[ $BUILD_TARGET != posix-distcheck ] || {
+    BuildJobs=10 make -f examples/Makefile-posix distcheck || die
+}
+
+[ $BUILD_TARGET != posix-32-bit ] || {
+    CFLAGS=-m32 CXXFLAGS=-m32 LDFLAGS=-m32 BuildJobs=10 make -f examples/Makefile-posix check || die
+}
+
+[ $BUILD_TARGET != posix-ncp ] || {
+    NODE_TYPE=ncp-sim BuildJobs=10 make -f examples/Makefile-posix check || die
 }