diff --git a/.ci/linux-setup.sh b/.ci/linux-setup.sh
index 38bb88e15c..2b07d1e0b2 100755
--- a/.ci/linux-setup.sh
+++ b/.ci/linux-setup.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 # need to install as 'root' since some of the unit tests won't run without it
 sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade 'meson==0.47.1'
 
-# setup hugepages
-cat /proc/meminfo
-sudo sh -c 'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages'
-cat /proc/meminfo
+# skip hugepage settings if tests will not run
+if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "1" ]; then
+    # setup hugepages
+    cat /proc/meminfo
+    sudo sh -c 'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages'
+    cat /proc/meminfo
+fi
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8f90d06f28..980c7605d0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,46 @@ matrix:
       apt:
         packages:
           - *extra_packages
-
+  - env: DEF_LIB="static"
+    arch: arm64
+    compiler: gcc
+    dist: bionic
+    addons:
+      apt:
+        packages:
+          - *required_packages
+  - env: DEF_LIB="shared"
+    arch: arm64
+    compiler: gcc
+    dist: bionic
+    addons:
+      apt:
+        packages:
+          - *required_packages
+  - env: DEF_LIB="static"
+    arch: arm64
+    dist: bionic
+    compiler: clang
+    addons:
+      apt:
+        packages:
+          - *required_packages
+  - env: DEF_LIB="shared"
+    arch: arm64
+    dist: bionic
+    compiler: clang
+    addons:
+      apt:
+        packages:
+          - *required_packages
+  - env: DEF_LIB="shared" OPTS="-Denable_kmods=false" BUILD_DOCS=1
+    arch: arm64
+    compiler: gcc
+    dist: bionic
+    addons:
+      apt:
+        packages:
+          - *required_packages
+          - *doc_packages
 
 script: ./.ci/${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}-build.sh