diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f1d194add7..d8d931ae12 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ before_script:
   - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'mysql' -o '$DB' = 'mariadb' ]; then mysql -e 'create database IF NOT EXISTS phpbb_tests;'; fi"
 
 script:
-  - cd build
-  - sh -c "if [ '$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION' = '5.5' -a '$DB' = 'mysql' ]; then ../phpBB/vendor/bin/phing sniff; fi"
-  - cd ..
+  - travis/phing-code-sniff.sh $DB $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION
   - phpBB/vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration travis/phpunit-$DB-travis.xml
   - sh -c "if [ '$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION' = '5.5' -a '$DB' = 'mysql' -a '$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST' != 'false' ]; then git-tools/commit-msg-hook-range.sh origin/$TRAVIS_BRANCH..FETCH_HEAD; fi"
 
diff --git a/travis/phing-sniff.sh b/travis/phing-sniff.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1473b99da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis/phing-sniff.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# @copyright (c) 2014 phpBB Group
+# @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+#
+set -e
+set -x
+
+DB=$1
+TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION=$2
+
+if [ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" == "5.5" -a "$DB" == "mysql" ]
+then
+	cd build
+	../phpBB/vendor/bin/phing sniff
+	cd ..
+fi