diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5ccb00e0e244b05123a575c9ee2ce7dffa1b6bf4..543f1c62260999fd6920c8187cca0590337facec 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This Travis job script has been generated by a script via
 #
-#   make_travis_yml_2.hs 'hsc2hs.cabal'
+#   runghc make_travis_yml_2.hs 'hsc2hs.cabal'
 #
 # For more information, see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
 #
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ before_cache:
   - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar
   - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar.idx
 
+  - rm -rfv $HOME/.cabal/packages/head.hackage
+
 matrix:
   include:
     - compiler: "ghc-7.0.4"
@@ -54,54 +56,60 @@ matrix:
       addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-8.2.1], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
 
 before_install:
- - HC=${CC}
- - HCPKG=${HC/ghc/ghc-pkg}
- - unset CC
- - PATH=/opt/ghc/bin:/opt/ghc-ppa-tools/bin:$PATH
- - PKGNAME='hsc2hs'
+  - HC=${CC}
+  - HCPKG=${HC/ghc/ghc-pkg}
+  - unset CC
+  - ROOTDIR=$(pwd)
+  - mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
+  - "PATH=/opt/ghc/bin:/opt/ghc-ppa-tools/bin:$HOME/local/bin:$PATH"
+  - HCNUMVER=$(( $(${HC} --numeric-version|sed -E 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+).*/\1 * 10000 + \2 * 100 + \3/') ))
+  - echo $HCNUMVER
 
 install:
- - cabal --version
- - echo "$(${HC} --version) [$(${HC} --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
- - BENCH=${BENCH---enable-benchmarks}
- - TEST=${TEST---enable-tests}
- - HADDOCK=${HADDOCK-true}
- - INSTALLED=${INSTALLED-true}
- - travis_retry cabal update -v
- - sed -i.bak 's/^jobs:/-- jobs:/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config
- - rm -fv cabal.project.local
- - "echo 'packages: .' > cabal.project"
- - rm -f cabal.project.freeze
- - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} --dep -j2 all
- - cabal new-build -w ${HC} --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks --dep -j2 all
+  - cabal --version
+  - echo "$(${HC} --version) [$(${HC} --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
+  - BENCH=${BENCH---enable-benchmarks}
+  - TEST=${TEST---enable-tests}
+  - HADDOCK=${HADDOCK-true}
+  - INSTALLED=${INSTALLED-true}
+  - GHCHEAD=${GHCHEAD-false}
+  - travis_retry cabal update -v
+  - "sed -i.bak 's/^jobs:/-- jobs:/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config"
+  - rm -fv cabal.project cabal.project.local
+  - grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
+  - "printf 'packages: \".\"\\n' > cabal.project"
+  - cat cabal.project
+  - if [ -f "./configure.ac" ]; then
+      (cd "." && autoreconf -i);
+    fi
+  - rm -f cabal.project.freeze
+  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} --project-file="cabal.project" --dep -j2 all
+  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks --project-file="cabal.project" --dep -j2 all
+  - rm -rf .ghc.environment.* "."/dist
+  - DISTDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/dist-test.XXXX)
 
 # Here starts the actual work to be performed for the package under test;
 # any command which exits with a non-zero exit code causes the build to fail.
 script:
- - if [ -f configure.ac ]; then autoreconf -i; fi
- - rm -rf .ghc.environment.* dist/
- - cabal sdist # test that a source-distribution can be generated
- - cd dist/
- - SRCTAR=(${PKGNAME}-*.tar.gz)
- - SRC_BASENAME="${SRCTAR/%.tar.gz}"
- - tar -xvf "./$SRC_BASENAME.tar.gz"
- - cd "$SRC_BASENAME/"
-## from here on, CWD is inside the extracted source-tarball
- - rm -fv cabal.project.local
- - "echo 'packages: .' > cabal.project"
- # this builds all libraries and executables (without tests/benchmarks)
- - rm -f cabal.project.freeze
- - cabal new-build -w ${HC} --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks all
- # this builds all libraries and executables (including tests/benchmarks)
- # - rm -rf ./dist-newstyle
+  # test that source-distributions can be generated
+  - (cd "." && cabal sdist)
+  - mv "."/dist/hsc2hs-*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
+  - cd ${DISTDIR} || false
+  - find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tar.gz' -exec tar -xvf '{}' \;
+  - "printf 'packages: hsc2hs-*/*.cabal\\n' > cabal.project"
+  - cat cabal.project
+  # this builds all libraries and executables (without tests/benchmarks)
+  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks all
+
+  # Build with installed constraints for packages in global-db
+  - if $INSTALLED; then echo cabal new-build -w ${HC} --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks $(${HCPKG} list --global --simple-output --names-only | sed 's/\([a-zA-Z0-9-]\{1,\}\) */--constraint="\1 installed" /g') all | sh; else echo "Not building with installed constraints"; fi
 
- # Build with installed constraints for packages in global-db
- - if $INSTALLED; then
-     echo cabal new-build -w ${HC} --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks $(${HCPKG} list --global --simple-output --names-only | sed 's/\([a-zA-Z0-9-]\{1,\}\) */--constraint="\1 installed" /g') all | sh;
-   else echo "Not building with installed constraints"; fi
+  # build & run tests, build benchmarks
+  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all
+  - if [ "x$TEST" = "x--enable-tests" ]; then cabal new-test -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all; fi
 
- # build & run tests, build benchmarks
- - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all
+  # cabal check
+  - (cd hsc2hs-* && cabal check)
 
 # REGENDATA ["hsc2hs.cabal"]
 # EOF