diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fb5029b..657cc74 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # composer vendor dir
 /vendor
+# cubrid install dir
+/cubrid
 
 # composer itself is not needed
 composer.phar
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6657fab..a373965 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ php:
   - hhvm
   - hhvm-nightly
 
+env:
+  - CUBRID_VERSION=9.3.0/CUBRID-9.3.0.0206 CUBRID_PDO_VERSION=9.2.0.0001
+
 # run build against hhvm but allow them to fail
 # http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/build-configuration/#Rows-That-are-Allowed-To-Fail
 matrix:
@@ -21,6 +24,15 @@ services:
   - elasticsearch
   - mongodb
 
+# faster builds on new travis setup not using sudo
+sudo: false
+
+# cache vendor dirs
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - cubrid
+    - vendor
+
 # try running against postgres 9.3
 addons:
   postgresql: "9.3"
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/travis/cubrid-setup.sh b/tests/unit/data/travis/cubrid-setup.sh
index 13b0a4b..1eaa257 100755
--- a/tests/unit/data/travis/cubrid-setup.sh
+++ b/tests/unit/data/travis/cubrid-setup.sh
@@ -7,18 +7,64 @@ if (php --version | grep -i HipHop > /dev/null); then
     exit 0
 fi
 
+CWD=$(pwd)
+
 # cubrid dbms
-echo 'yes' | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cubrid/cubrid
-sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install cubrid
-/etc/profile.d/cubrid.sh
-sudo apt-get install cubrid-demodb
+mkdir -p cubrid/$CUBRID_VERSION
+cd cubrid
+if (test -f $CUBRID_VERSION-linux.x86_64.tar.gz); then
+    echo "CUBRID is already installed"
+else
+    wget http://ftp.cubrid.org/CUBRID_Engine/$CUBRID_VERSION-linux.x86_64.tar.gz -O $CUBRID_VERSION-linux.x86_64.tar.gz
+fi
+
+    cd $CUBRID_VERSION
+    tar xzvf ../../$CUBRID_VERSION-linux.x86_64.tar.gz
+    cd ../..
+
+
+# setting cubrid env
+CUBRID=$CWD/cubrid/$CUBRID_VERSION/CUBRID
+CUBRID_DATABASES=$CUBRID/databases
+CUBRID_LANG=en_US
+
+ld_lib_path=`printenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH`
+if [ "$ld_lib_path" = "" ]
+then
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CUBRID/lib
+else
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CUBRID/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+fi
+
+SHLIB_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+LIBPATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+PATH=$CUBRID/bin:$CUBRID/cubridmanager:$PATH
+
+export CUBRID
+export CUBRID_DATABASES
+export CUBRID_LANG
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export SHLIB_PATH
+export LIBPATH
+export PATH
+
+# start cubrid
+cubrid service start
+# create and start the demo db
+$CUBRID/demo/make_cubrid_demo.sh
+cubrid server start demodb
+
+echo ""
+echo "Installed CUBRID $CUBRID_VERSION"
+echo ""
 
 # cubrid pdo
 install_pdo_cubrid() {
-    wget "http://pecl.php.net/get/PDO_CUBRID-9.2.0.0001.tgz" &&
-    tar -zxf "PDO_CUBRID-9.2.0.0001.tgz" &&
-    sh -c "cd PDO_CUBRID-9.2.0.0001 && phpize && ./configure && make && sudo make install"
+    if (test "! -f PDO_CUBRID-$CUBRID_PDO_VERSION.tgz"); then
+        wget "http://pecl.php.net/get/PDO_CUBRID-$CUBRID_PDO_VERSION.tgz"
+    fi
+    tar -zxf "PDO_CUBRID-$CUBRID_PDO_VERSION.tgz"
+    sh -c "cd PDO_CUBRID-$CUBRID_PDO_VERSION && phpize && ./configure && make && sudo make install"
 
     echo "extension=pdo_cubrid.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
 
@@ -27,4 +73,8 @@ install_pdo_cubrid() {
 
 install_pdo_cubrid > ~/pdo_cubrid.log || ( echo "=== PDO CUBRID BUILD FAILED ==="; cat ~/pdo_cubrid.log )
 
-echo "Installed CUBRID `dpkg -s cubrid |grep Version`"
+echo ""
+echo "Installed CUBRID PDO $CUBRID_PDO_VERSION"
+echo ""
+
+cd ..