diff --git a/.ci/linux-build.sh b/.ci/linux-build.sh
index d5783c1a42..d5ad919d14 100755
--- a/.ci/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.ci/linux-build.sh
@@ -22,3 +22,11 @@ fi
 OPTS="$OPTS --default-library=$DEF_LIB"
 meson build --werror -Dexamples=all $OPTS
 ninja -C build
+
+if [ "$BUILD_DOCS" = "1" ]; then
+    ninja -C build doc
+fi
+
+if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "1" ]; then
+    sudo meson test -C build --suite fast-tests -t 3
+fi
diff --git a/.ci/linux-setup.sh b/.ci/linux-setup.sh
index acdf9f370e..a40e62eaa0 100755
--- a/.ci/linux-setup.sh
+++ b/.ci/linux-setup.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade meson --user
+# need to install as 'root' since some of the unit tests won't run without it
+sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade meson
+
+# setup hugepages
+cat /proc/meminfo
+sudo sh -c 'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages'
+cat /proc/meminfo
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7b167fa645..781f9f666a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ env:
   - DEF_LIB="shared"
   - DEF_LIB="static" OPTS="-Denable_kmods=false"
   - DEF_LIB="shared" OPTS="-Denable_kmods=false"
+  - DEF_LIB="shared" RUN_TESTS=1 BUILD_DOCS=1
 
 matrix:
   include:
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ matrix:
       apt:
         packages:
           - *extra_packages
-  - env: DEF_LIB="shared" EXTRA_PACKAGES=1
+  - env: DEF_LIB="shared" EXTRA_PACKAGES=1 RUN_TESTS=1 BUILD_DOCS=1
     compiler: gcc
     addons:
       apt:
@@ -81,6 +82,12 @@ matrix:
       apt:
         packages:
           - *extra_packages
+  - env: DEF_LIB="shared" EXTRA_PACKAGES=1 RUN_TESTS=1 BUILD_DOCS=1
+    compiler: clang
+    addons:
+      apt:
+        packages:
+          - *extra_packages
   - env: DEF_LIB="static" OPTS="-Denable_kmods=false" EXTRA_PACKAGES=1
     compiler: clang
     addons: