diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 16cdbb35bf3a5..a02d009f85252 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ matrix:
       env: TOXENV=py36-sqlite
     - python: 3.6
       env: TOXENV=pylint
+    - python: 3.6
+      env: TOXENV=cypress
   exclude:
     - python: 2.7
     - python: 3.6
diff --git a/superset/assets/cypress_build.sh b/superset/assets/cypress_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..dd80e873880a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superset/assets/cypress_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+superset/bin/superset db upgrade
+superset/bin/superset load_test_users
+superset/bin/superset load_examples
+superset/bin/superset init
+superset/bin/superset runserver &
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+npm install -g yarn
+yarn
+npm run build
+npm run cypress run
+kill %1
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6ab93edf9dfa4..039075a8af8a3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ setenv =
 whitelist_externals =
     npm
 
+[testenv:cypress]
+commands =
+    {toxinidir}/superset/assets/cypress_build.sh
+setenv =
+    PYTHONPATH = {toxinidir}
+    SUPERSET_CONFIG = tests.superset_test_config
+    SUPERSET_HOME = {envtmpdir}
+deps =
+    -rrequirements.txt
+    -rrequirements-dev.txt
+
 [testenv:eslint]
 changedir = {toxinidir}/superset/assets
 commands =
@@ -72,6 +83,7 @@ deps =
 
 [tox]
 envlist =
+    cypress
     eslint
     flake8
     javascript