diff --git a/.ci/build.sh b/.ci/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e2d2ced9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# clone and build wlc
+git clone https://github.com/Cloudef/wlc.git
+cd wlc
+git submodule update --init --recursive # - initialize and fetch submodules
+mkdir target && cd target               # - create build target directory
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Upstream ..    # - run CMake
+make                                    # - compile
+
+cd ../..
+
+# build sway
+cmake \
+    -DWLC_LIBRARIES=wlc/target/src/libwlc.so \
+    -DWLC_INCLUDE_DIRS=wlc/include .
+make
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2f6e93dd..5d1f8faa 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@ arch:
     - asciidoc
     - pcre
     - json-c
-    # aur
-    - wlc-git
+    - pixman
+    - wayland
+    - libxkbcommon
+    - libinput
+    - libx11
+    - libxcb
+    - libgl
+    - mesa
   script:
-    - "cmake ."
-    - "make"
+    - "bash .ci/build.sh"
 
 script:
   - "curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikkeloscar/arch-travis/master/arch-travis.sh | bash"