diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e8fbeba9c..25bbfb7a0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ addons:
       sources: ['ubuntu-toolchain-r-test', 'llvm-toolchain-precise-3.6']
       packages: ['clang-3.6' , 'g++-6', 'zlib1g-dev', 'libbz2-dev', 'libsnappy-dev', 'curl', 'libgflags-dev']
 env:
-  # Run all tests before db_block_cache_test (db_test, db_test2)
-  - JOB_NAME=unittests ROCKSDBTESTS_END=db_block_cache_test
-  # Run all tests starting from db_block_cache_test (db_block_cache_test, ..., plain_table_db_test)
-  - JOB_NAME=unittests ROCKSDBTESTS_START=db_block_cache_test ROCKSDBTESTS_END=comparator_db_test
-  # Run all tests starting from db_block_cache_test (comparator_db_test, ...)
-  - JOB_NAME=unittests ROCKSDBTESTS_START=comparator_db_test
+  - TEST_GROUP=platform_dependent1
+  - TEST_GROUP=platform_dependent2
+  - TEST_GROUP=platform_dependent3
+  - TEST_GROUP=1
+  - TEST_GROUP=2
   # Run java tests
   - JOB_NAME=java_test
   # Build ROCKSDB_LITE
@@ -33,6 +32,10 @@ matrix:
   exclude:
   - os: osx
     compiler: gcc
+  - os: osx
+    env: TEST_GROUP=1
+  - os: osx
+    env: TEST_GROUP=2
 
 before_script:
   - if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == 'linux' && "${CXX}" == 'clang++' ]]; then CXX=clang++-3.6; fi
@@ -43,7 +46,11 @@ before_script:
 
 script:
   - ${CXX} --version
-  - if [[ "${JOB_NAME}" == 'unittests' ]]; then OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make -j4 check_some; fi
+  - if [[ "${TEST_GROUP}" == 'platform_dependent1' ]]; then OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_END=external_sst_file_test make -j4 check_some; fi
+  - if [[ "${TEST_GROUP}" == 'platform_dependent2' ]]; then OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_START=external_sst_file_test ROCKSDBTESTS_END=checkpoint_test make -j4 check_some; fi
+  - if [[ "${TEST_GROUP}" == 'platform_dependent3' ]]; then OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_START=checkpoint_test ROCKSDBTESTS_END=db_block_cache_test make -j4 check_some; fi
+  - if [[ "${TEST_GROUP}" == '1' ]]; then OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_START=db_block_cache_test ROCKSDBTESTS_END=comparator_db_test make -j4 check_some; fi
+  - if [[ "${TEST_GROUP}" == '2' ]]; then OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_START=comparator_db_test make -j4 check_some; fi
   - if [[ "${JOB_NAME}" == 'java_test' ]]; then OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make clean jclean rocksdbjava jtest; fi
   - if [[ "${JOB_NAME}" == 'lite_build' ]]; then OPT="-DTRAVIS -DROCKSDB_LITE" V=1 make -j4 static_lib; fi
 notifications:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc8376995..a3f884781 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -301,6 +301,22 @@ EXPOBJECTS = $(EXP_LIB_SOURCES:.cc=.o) $(LIBOBJECTS) $(TESTUTIL)
 TESTS = \
 	db_test \
 	db_test2 \
+	external_sst_file_test \
+	auto_roll_logger_test \
+	bloom_test \
+	dynamic_bloom_test \
+	c_test \
+	checkpoint_test \
+	crc32c_test \
+	coding_test \
+	inlineskiplist_test \
+	env_basic_test \
+	env_test \
+	thread_local_test \
+	rate_limiter_test \
+	perf_context_test \
+	iostats_context_test \
+	db_wal_test \
 	db_block_cache_test \
 	db_bloom_filter_test \
 	db_iter_test \
@@ -316,10 +332,8 @@ TESTS = \
 	db_options_test \
 	db_range_del_test \
 	db_sst_test \
-	external_sst_file_test \
 	db_tailing_iter_test \
 	db_universal_compaction_test \
-	db_wal_test \
 	db_io_failure_test \
 	db_properties_test \
 	db_table_properties_test \
@@ -328,20 +342,11 @@ TESTS = \
 	column_family_test \
 	table_properties_collector_test \
 	arena_test \
-	auto_roll_logger_test \
 	block_test \
-	bloom_test \
-	dynamic_bloom_test \
-	c_test \
 	cache_test \
-	checkpoint_test \
-	coding_test \
 	corruption_test \
-	crc32c_test \
 	slice_transform_test \
 	dbformat_test \
-	env_basic_test \
-	env_test \
 	fault_injection_test \
 	filelock_test \
 	filename_test \
@@ -350,7 +355,6 @@ TESTS = \
 	full_filter_block_test \
 	hash_table_test \
 	histogram_test \
-	inlineskiplist_test \
 	log_test \
 	manual_compaction_test \
 	mock_env_test \
@@ -386,9 +390,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	write_controller_test\
 	deletefile_test \
 	table_test \
-	thread_local_test \
 	geodb_test \
-	rate_limiter_test \
 	delete_scheduler_test \
 	options_test \
 	options_settable_test \
@@ -406,7 +408,6 @@ TESTS = \
 	sst_dump_test \
 	column_aware_encoding_test \
 	compact_files_test \
-	perf_context_test \
 	optimistic_transaction_test \
 	write_callback_test \
 	heap_test \
@@ -415,7 +416,6 @@ TESTS = \
 	option_change_migration_test \
 	transaction_test \
 	ldb_cmd_test \
-	iostats_context_test \
 	persistent_cache_test \
 	statistics_test \
 	lua_test \