diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 69f0d4b..05c8ef3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,38 +9,10 @@ env:
     - DISPLAY=:99
 
 before_install:
-  - sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:beineri/opt-qt58-trusty
-  - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - git clone https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf.git
-  - cd patchelf
-  - bash ./bootstrap.sh
-  - ./configure
-  - make -j2
-  - sudo make install
-  - cd -
-  - sudo wget -c "https://github.com/probonopd/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage" -O /usr/local/bin/appimagetool
-  - sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/appimagetool
-  
-install:
-  - sudo apt-get -y install qt58base qt58declarative qt58webengine binutils xpra
+  - ./tests/tests-environment.sh
 
 script:
-  - source /opt/qt*/bin/qt*-env.sh
-  - /opt/qt*/bin/qmake linuxdeployqt.pro
-
-  - make -j2
-
-  - mkdir -p linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
-  - cp /usr/local/bin/patchelf linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
-  - cp /usr/local/bin/appimagetool linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
-  - find linuxdeployqt.AppDir/
-  - export VERSION=continuous
-  - cp ./linuxdeployqt/linuxdeployqt linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
-  - ./linuxdeployqt/linuxdeployqt linuxdeployqt.AppDir/linuxdeployqt.desktop -verbose=3 -appimage
-  - ls -lh
-  - find *.AppDir
-  - xpra start :99
-  - bash -e tests/tests.sh
+ - ./tests/tests-ci.sh
 
 after_success:
   - wget -c https://github.com/probonopd/uploadtool/raw/master/upload.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df0b718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# This container amins to offer a testing environment similar to the one we are
+# creating in travis-ci so we can easily reproduce issues detected on our CI
+# locally
+#
+# To use it, simply execute the container like this:
+# docker run --rm -ti --privileged -v /path/to/linuxdeployqt:/linuxdeployqt bash
+# and then execute tests/tests-ci.sh
+
+FROM ubuntu:trusty
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install software-properties-common wget build-essential \
+    autoconf git fuse libgl1-mesa-dev psmisc
+
+COPY tests/tests-environment.sh /
+
+RUN /tests-environment.sh
diff --git a/tests/tests-ci.sh b/tests/tests-ci.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..942d284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests-ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+source /opt/qt*/bin/qt*-env.sh
+/opt/qt*/bin/qmake linuxdeployqt.pro
+make -j2
+
+mkdir -p linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
+cp /usr/local/bin/patchelf linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
+cp /usr/local/bin/appimagetool linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
+find linuxdeployqt.AppDir/
+export VERSION=continuous
+cp ./linuxdeployqt/linuxdeployqt linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
+./linuxdeployqt/linuxdeployqt linuxdeployqt.AppDir/linuxdeployqt.desktop -verbose=3 -appimage
+ls -lh
+find *.AppDir
+xpra start :99
+
+export DISPLAY=:99
+
+until xset -q
+do
+        echo "Waiting for X server to start..."
+        sleep 1;
+done
+
+bash -e tests/tests.sh
diff --git a/tests/tests-environment.sh b/tests/tests-environment.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6777b2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests-environment.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:beineri/opt-qt58-trusty
+sudo apt-get update -qq
+
+git clone https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf.git
+cd patchelf
+bash ./bootstrap.sh
+./configure
+make -j2
+sudo make install
+
+cd -
+
+sudo wget -c "https://github.com/probonopd/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage" -O /usr/local/bin/appimagetool
+sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/appimagetool
+
+sudo apt-get -y install qt58base qt58declarative qt58webengine binutils xpra