diff --git a/jflex/examples/.travis.bazelrc b/jflex/examples/.travis.bazelrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2189a6936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jflex/examples/.travis.bazelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Taken from https://github.com/korfuri/bazel-travis/blob/master/.bazelrc
+
+# This is from Bazel's former travis setup, to avoid blowing up the RAM usage.
+startup --host_jvm_args=-Xms2000m
+startup --host_jvm_args=-Xmx3000m
+test --ram_utilization_factor=10
+
+# This is so we understand failures better
+build --verbose_failures
+test  --test_output=errors
+
+# This is so we don't use sandboxed execution. Sandboxed execution
+# runs stuff in a container, and since Travis already runs its script
+# in a container (unless you require sudo in your .travis.yml) this
+# fails to run tests.
+# build --spawn_strategy=standalone --genrule_strategy=standalone
+# test --test_strategy=standalone
diff --git a/scripts/bazel.sh b/scripts/bazel.sh
index 3899623ab..289be079e 100755
--- a/scripts/bazel.sh
+++ b/scripts/bazel.sh
@@ -8,16 +8,22 @@ source "$BASEDIR"/scripts/logger.sh
 # fail on error
 set -e
 
+if [[ $TRAVIS ]]; then
+  BAZEL='bazel --bazelrc=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/.travis.bazelrc'
+else
+  BAZEL='bazel'
+fi
+
 logi "Start Bazel"
 logi "==========="
 cd jflex/examples
-bazel start
+$BAZEL start
 
 logi "Build everything"
-bazel build //...
+$BAZEL build //...
 
 logi "Test everything"
 logi "==============="
-bazel test //..
+$BAZEL test //..
 
 cd "$CWD"