2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/etc/ci/keep_alive.sh b/etc/ci/keep_alive.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..31dc32e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/ci/keep_alive.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+while [ 1 ]
+do
+    echo ""
+    echo "Travis keep-alive spew"
+    sleep 5m
+done
diff --git a/etc/ci/travis_keep_alive.sh b/etc/ci/travis_keep_alive.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cc84be9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/ci/travis_keep_alive.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# in case we're run from out of git repo
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+"$DIR"/keep_alive.sh & export PID_KEEP_ALIVE=$!