diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1b12bc758..5b528c9c4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-language:
-  - cpp
+language: cpp
 
 env:
   matrix:
     # Uncomment when Travis upgraded "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS" to a newer version whose repo will have a more up-to-date libtorrent package
-    #- lt_branch=dist gui=true
-    #- lt_branch=dist gui=false
+    #- lt_branch=dist   gui=true
+    #- lt_branch=dist   gui=false
     - lt_branch=RC_1_0 gui=true
     - lt_branch=RC_1_0 gui=false
   global:
@@ -22,45 +21,11 @@ notifications:
     on_success: change
     on_failure: change
 
-before_install:
-  # Only allow specific build for coverity scan, others will stop
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = "$coverity_branch" ] && ! [[ "$lt_branch" == "RC_1_0" && "$gui" == "true" ]]; then exit ; fi
-
-  - shopt -s expand_aliases
-  - alias sudo="sudo "
-  # Using nprocs/2 sometimes may fail (gcc is killed by system), just use two threads
-  - alias make="colormake -j2 "
-
-  # Also setup a virtual display for after_success target when gui == true
-  - if ! $gui; then qbtconf="$qbtconf --disable-gui" ; else export "DISPLAY=:99.0" && /sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /tmp/custom_xvfb_99.pid --make-pidfile --background --exec /usr/bin/Xvfb -- :99 -ac -screen 0 1280x1024x16 ; fi
-  - qbtconf="$qbtconf --with-qt4"
-  - ltconf=" --with-libgeoip=system"
-
-  # Print settings
-  - echo $lt_branch
-  - echo $gui
-  - echo $qbtconf
-  - echo $ltconf
-
-  - sudo apt-get -qq update
-  # Travis may stall during heavy load if these packages are installed in one step - split the command
-  - sudo apt-get -qq install debhelper autoconf automake colormake libssl-dev libgeoip-dev
-  # Uncomment when Travis upgraded "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS" to a newer version whose repo will have a more up-to-date libtorrent package
-  #- sudo apt-get -qq install libboost-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-system-dev
-  - sudo apt-get -qq install libboost-dev libboost-system-dev
-  - sudo apt-get -qq install libqt4-dev
-
-install:
-  - if ! [ "$lt_branch" == "dist" ]; then cd .. && git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent.git --branch $lt_branch --single-branch ; fi
-  - if ! [ "$lt_branch" == "dist" ]; then cd libtorrent && ./autotool.sh && ./configure $ltconf && sudo make install && sudo ldconfig /usr/local/lib && cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR ; fi
-
-script:
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = "$coverity_branch" ]; then exit ; fi # Skip usual build when running coverity scan
-  - ./bootstrap.sh && ./configure $qbtconf
-  - sudo make install
-
-after_success:
-  - if $gui ; then qbittorrent --version ; else qbittorrent-nox --version ; fi
+# container-based builds
+sudo: false
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.ccache
 
 addons:
   coverity_scan:
@@ -71,3 +36,58 @@ addons:
     build_command: make
     branch_pattern: $coverity_branch
     notification_email: sledgehammer999@qbittorrent.org
+  apt:
+    packages:
+    # packages list: https://github.com/travis-ci/apt-package-whitelist/blob/master/ubuntu-precise
+    - autoconf
+    - automake
+    - colormake
+    - libssl-dev
+    - libboost-dev
+    - libboost-system-dev
+    - libgeoip-dev
+    - libqt4-dev
+    # Uncomment when Travis upgraded "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS" to a newer version whose repo will have a more up-to-date libtorrent package
+    #- libtorrent-rasterbar6
+    #- libboost-filesystem-dev
+
+before_install:
+  # Only allow specific build for coverity scan, others will stop
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = "$coverity_branch" ] && ! [[ "$lt_branch" == "RC_1_0" && "$gui" == "true" ]]; then exit ; fi
+
+  - shopt -s expand_aliases
+  - if ! [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = "$coverity_branch" ]; then dpkg-query -L ccache && export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache/:$PATH" ; fi
+  - alias make="colormake -j3" # Using nprocs/2 sometimes may fail (gcc is killed by system)
+
+  - libt_path="$HOME/libt_install"
+  - qbt_path="$HOME/qbt_install"
+  - ltconf="$ltconf --prefix="$libt_path" --with-libgeoip=system"
+  - qbtconf="$qbtconf --prefix="$qbt_path" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$libt_path/lib/pkgconfig":$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
+
+  # Options for specific branches
+  # Also setup a virtual display for after_success target when gui == true
+  - if ! $gui; then qbtconf="$qbtconf --disable-gui" ; else export "DISPLAY=:99.0" && /sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /tmp/custom_xvfb_99.pid --make-pidfile --background --exec /usr/bin/Xvfb -- :99 -ac -screen 0 1280x1024x16 ; fi
+
+  # Print settings
+  - echo $lt_branch
+  - echo $gui
+  - echo $ltconf
+  - echo $qbtconf
+  - ccache -V && ccache --show-stats && ccache --zero-stats
+
+install:
+  - if ! [ "$lt_branch" == "dist" ]; then cd "$HOME" && pwd && git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent.git --branch $lt_branch --single-branch ; fi
+  - if ! [ "$lt_branch" == "dist" ]; then cd libtorrent && ./autotool.sh && ./configure $ltconf && make install && cd "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR" ; fi
+
+script:
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = "$coverity_branch" ]; then exit ; fi # Skip usual build when running coverity scan
+  - ./bootstrap.sh && ./configure $qbtconf
+  - make install
+
+after_success:
+  - cd "$qbt_path/bin"
+  - export LD_PRELOAD="$libt_path/lib/libtorrent-rasterbar.so:$LD_PRELOAD"
+  - if $gui ; then ./qbittorrent --version ; else ./qbittorrent-nox --version ; fi
+
+after_script:
+  - ccache --show-stats