diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6db23056e..63debe9be 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ rvm:
   - 2.2.3
   - 2.3.0
   - ruby-head
+  - jruby-9.0.4.0
   - rbx-2
 
+before_install:
+  - '[ "$JRUBY_OPTS" != "" ] && export JRUBY_OPTS="-Xcompat.version=2.0 --server -Xcompile.invokedynamic=false -Xcli.debug=true --debug"'
+  - 'echo "JRUBY_OPTS: ''$JRUBY_OPTS''"'
+
 install: bundle install --path=vendor/bundle --retry=3 --jobs=3
 cache:
   directories:
@@ -33,8 +38,6 @@ matrix:
   include:
   - rvm: 2.2
     env: CAPTURE_STDERR=true
-  - rvm: jruby-9.0.4.0
-    env: JRUBY_OPTS='-Xcompat.version=2.0 --server -Xcompile.invokedynamic=false -Xcli.debug=true --debug'
   allow_failures:
     - rvm: ruby-head
     - rvm: rbx-2
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 17b387ff7..71d43b3b7 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ environment:
     - ruby_version: "200-x64"
     - ruby_version: "21"
     - ruby_version: "21-x64"
+    - ruby_version: "jruby-9.0.4.0"
+
 
 cache:
   - vendor/bundle