diff --git a/tests/docker/Makefile.include b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
index b44daabbce0f19553324168791ba8165fa4c1636..3f15d5aea89601490ffe11e94db92f5eb62539da 100644
--- a/tests/docker/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ docker:
 	@echo '                         "IMAGE" is one of the listed container name."'
 	@echo '    docker-image:        Build all images.'
 	@echo '    docker-image-IMAGE:  Build image "IMAGE".'
+	@echo '    docker-run:          For manually running a "TEST" with "IMAGE"'
 	@echo
 	@echo 'Available container images:'
 	@echo '    $(DOCKER_IMAGES)'
@@ -101,31 +102,45 @@ docker:
 	@echo '    NOCACHE=1            Ignore cache when build images.'
 	@echo '    EXECUTABLE=<path>    Include executable in image.'
 
-docker-run-%: CMD = $(shell echo '$@' | sed -e 's/docker-run-\([^@]*\)@\(.*\)/\1/')
-docker-run-%: IMAGE = $(shell echo '$@' | sed -e 's/docker-run-\([^@]*\)@\(.*\)/\2/')
-docker-run-%: docker-qemu-src
+# This rule if for directly running against an arbitrary docker target.
+# It is called by the expanded docker targets (e.g. make
+# docker-test-foo@bar) which will do additional verification.
+#
+# For example: make docker-run TEST="test-quick" IMAGE="debian:arm64" EXECUTABLE=./aarch64-linux-user/qemu-aarch64
+#
+docker-run: docker-qemu-src
 	@mkdir -p "$(DOCKER_CCACHE_DIR)"
-	@if test -z "$(IMAGE)" || test -z "$(CMD)"; \
-		then echo "Invalid target"; exit 1; \
+	@if test -z "$(IMAGE)" || test -z "$(TEST)"; \
+		then echo "Invalid target $(IMAGE)/$(TEST)"; exit 1; \
 	fi
-	$(if $(filter $(TESTS),$(CMD)),$(if $(filter $(IMAGES),$(IMAGE)), \
-		$(call quiet-command,\
-			if $(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py images | \
-				awk '$$1=="qemu" && $$2=="$(IMAGE)"{found=1} END{exit(!found)}'; then \
-				$(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py run $(if $V,,--rm) \
-				-t \
-				$(if $(DEBUG),-i,--net=none) \
-				-e TARGET_LIST=$(TARGET_LIST) \
-				-e EXTRA_CONFIGURE_OPTS=$(EXTRA_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-				-e V=$V -e J=$J -e DEBUG=$(DEBUG) -e SHOW_ENV=$(SHOW_ENV)\
-				-e CCACHE_DIR=/var/tmp/ccache \
-				-v $$(readlink -e $(DOCKER_SRC_COPY)):/var/tmp/qemu:z$(COMMA)ro \
-				-v $(DOCKER_CCACHE_DIR):/var/tmp/ccache:z \
-				qemu:$(IMAGE) \
-				/var/tmp/qemu/run \
-				$(CMD); \
-			fi \
-			,"RUN","$(CMD) in $(IMAGE)")))
+	$(if $(EXECUTABLE),						\
+		$(call quiet-command,					\
+			$(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py update 	\
+			$(IMAGE) $(EXECUTABLE),				\
+			"  COPYING $(EXECUTABLE) to $(IMAGE)"))
+	$(call quiet-command,						\
+		$(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py run 			\
+			-t 						\
+			$(if $V,,--rm) 					\
+			$(if $(DEBUG),-i,--net=none) 			\
+			-e TARGET_LIST=$(TARGET_LIST) 			\
+			-e EXTRA_CONFIGURE_OPTS="$(EXTRA_CONFIGURE_OPTS)" \
+			-e V=$V -e J=$J -e DEBUG=$(DEBUG)		\
+			-e SHOW_ENV=$(SHOW_ENV) 			\
+			-e CCACHE_DIR=/var/tmp/ccache 			\
+			-v $$(readlink -e $(DOCKER_SRC_COPY)):/var/tmp/qemu:z$(COMMA)ro \
+			-v $(DOCKER_CCACHE_DIR):/var/tmp/ccache:z 	\
+			$(IMAGE) 					\
+			/var/tmp/qemu/run 				\
+			$(TEST), "  RUN $(TEST) in ${IMAGE}")
+
+# Run targets:
+#
+# Of the form docker-TEST-FOO@IMAGE-BAR which will then be expanded into a call to "make docker-run"
+docker-run-%: CMD = $(shell echo '$@' | sed -e 's/docker-run-\([^@]*\)@\(.*\)/\1/')
+docker-run-%: IMAGE = $(shell echo '$@' | sed -e 's/docker-run-\([^@]*\)@\(.*\)/\2/')
+docker-run-%:
+	@$(MAKE) docker-run TEST=$(CMD) IMAGE=qemu:$(IMAGE)
 
 docker-clean:
 	$(call quiet-command, $(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py clean)
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/travis.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/travis.docker
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e4983ae2d3bd6179fdb88325a57509978303f5a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/travis.docker
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM quay.io/travisci/travis-ruby
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get -y build-dep qemu
+RUN apt-get -y build-dep device-tree-compiler
+RUN apt-get -y install python2.7 dh-autoreconf
+ENV FEATURES pyyaml
diff --git a/tests/docker/test-build b/tests/docker/test-build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..031a7d9d302e35eb016133b72d8d37786ea35c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker/test-build
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+#
+# Quick compile test without the make check step of test-quick.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2
+# or (at your option) any later version. See the COPYING file in
+# the top-level directory.
+
+. common.rc
+
+cd "$BUILD_DIR"
+
+DEF_TARGET_LIST="x86_64-softmmu,aarch64-softmmu"
+TARGET_LIST=${TARGET_LIST:-$DEF_TARGET_LIST} \
+build_qemu
diff --git a/tests/docker/test-mingw b/tests/docker/test-mingw
index 33968769f883233ce79a23096589c392a6464ed2..2adadcb58dc76866709c6cece0880236ad2d9f9b 100755
--- a/tests/docker/test-mingw
+++ b/tests/docker/test-mingw
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 requires mingw dtc
 
 cd "$BUILD_DIR"
+DEF_TARGET_LIST="x86_64-softmmu,aarch64-softmmu"
 
 for prefix in x86_64-w64-mingw32- i686-w64-mingw32-; do
-    TARGET_LIST=x86_64-softmmu,aarch64-softmmu \
+    TARGET_LIST=${TARGET_LIST:-$DEF_TARGET_LIST} \
         build_qemu --cross-prefix=$prefix \
         --enable-trace-backends=simple \
         --enable-debug \