diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 48b72a9e..4f36906b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@ android:
     - build-tools-23.0.3
     - android-23
     - extra-android-m2repository
+env:
+  global:
+    - GRADLE_OPTS="-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true"
 script: ./gradlew clean build