diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 70418375f9..ee3b92a980 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ branches:
 cache:
   directories:
     - $HOME/.pub-cache
+    - $HOME/.chrome/chromium
 
 before_cache:
   # Undo the pollution of the typescript_next build
@@ -17,8 +18,10 @@ before_cache:
 
 env:
   global:
-  - KARMA_BROWSERS=DartiumWithWebPlatform
-  - E2E_BROWSERS=Dartium
+  - KARMA_DART_BROWSERS=DartiumWithWebPlatform
+  # No sandbox mode is needed for Chromium in Travis, it crashes otherwise: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/help/chrome-doesn-t-start
+  - KARMA_JS_BROWSERS=ChromeNoSandbox
+  - E2E_BROWSERS=ChromeOnTravis
   - LOGS_DIR=/tmp/angular-build/logs
   - SAUCE_USERNAME=angular-ci
   - SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY=9b988f434ff8-fbca-8aa4-4ae3-35442987
@@ -67,6 +70,8 @@ before_install:
 - node tools/analytics/build-analytics start ci job
 - node tools/analytics/build-analytics start ci before_install
 - echo ${TSDRC} > .tsdrc
+- ./scripts/ci/install_chromium.sh
+- export CHROME_BIN=$HOME/.chrome/chromium/chrome-linux/chrome
 - export DISPLAY=:99.0
 - export GIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 - ./scripts/ci/init_android.sh
diff --git a/protractor-shared.js b/protractor-shared.js
index 37e5598751..0aaee37561 100644
--- a/protractor-shared.js
+++ b/protractor-shared.js
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ var BROWSER_CAPS = {
       browser: 'ALL'
     }
   },
+  ChromeOnTravis: {
+    browserName: 'chrome',
+    chromeOptions: mergeInto({
+      'args': ['--no-sandbox', '--js-flags=--expose-gc'],
+      'binary': process.env.CHROME_BIN
+    }, CHROME_OPTIONS),
+    loggingPrefs: {
+      performance: 'ALL',
+      browser: 'ALL'
+    }
+  },
   ChromeAndroid: {
     browserName: 'chrome',
     chromeOptions: mergeInto(CHROME_OPTIONS, {
diff --git a/scripts/ci/install_chromium.sh b/scripts/ci/install_chromium.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d59f3df5ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/install_chromium.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e -x
+
+# This script basically follows the instructions to download an old version of Chromium: https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium
+# 1) It retrieves the current stable version number from https://www.chromium.org/developers/calendar (via the https://omahaproxy.appspot.com/all file), e.g. 359700 for Chromium 48.
+# 2) It checks the Travis cache for this specific version
+# 3) If not available, it downloads and caches it, using the "decrement commit number" trick.
+
+#Build version read from the OmahaProxy CSV Viewer at https://www.chromium.org/developers/calendar
+#Let's use Chromium 47 as the default (352221 build number), and try to grab the latest stable from https://omahaproxy.appspot.com/all
+CHROMIUM_VERSION=352221
+TMP=$(curl -s "https://omahaproxy.appspot.com/all") || true
+oldIFS="$IFS"
+IFS='
+'
+IFS=${IFS:0:1}
+lines=( $TMP )
+IFS=','
+for line in "${lines[@]}"
+  do
+    lineArray=($line);
+    if [ "${lineArray[0]}" = "linux" ] && [ "${lineArray[1]}" = "stable" ] ; then
+      CHROMIUM_VERSION="${lineArray[7]}"
+    fi
+done
+IFS="$oldIFS"
+
+CHROMIUM_DIR=$HOME/.chrome/chromium
+CHROMIUM_BIN=$CHROMIUM_DIR/chrome-linux/chrome
+CHROMIUM_VERSION_FILE=$CHROMIUM_DIR/VERSION
+
+EXISTING_VERSION=""
+if [[ -f $CHROMIUM_VERSION_FILE && -x $CHROMIUM_BIN ]]; then
+  EXISTING_VERSION=`cat $CHROMIUM_VERSION_FILE`
+  echo Found cached Chromium version: ${EXISTING_VERSION}
+fi
+
+if [[ "$EXISTING_VERSION" != "$CHROMIUM_VERSION" ]]; then
+  echo Downloading Chromium version: ${CHROMIUM_VERSION}
+  rm -fR $CHROMIUM_DIR
+  mkdir -p $CHROMIUM_DIR
+
+  NEXT=$CHROMIUM_VERSION
+  FILE="chrome-linux.zip"
+  STATUS=404
+  while [[ $STATUS == 404 && $NEXT -ge 0 ]]
+  do
+    echo Fetch Chromium version: ${NEXT}
+    STATUS=$(curl "https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/Linux_x64/${NEXT}/chrome-linux.zip" -s -w %{http_code} --create-dirs -o $FILE) || true
+    NEXT=$[$NEXT-1]
+  done
+
+  unzip $FILE -d $CHROMIUM_DIR
+  rm $FILE
+  echo $CHROMIUM_VERSION > $CHROMIUM_VERSION_FILE
+fi
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_dart.sh b/scripts/ci/test_dart.sh
index 078b011918..bd26025811 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/test_dart.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_dart.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $0)
 source $SCRIPT_DIR/env_dart.sh
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR/../..
 
-./node_modules/.bin/gulp test.dart --browsers=$KARMA_BROWSERS
+./node_modules/.bin/gulp test.dart --browsers=$KARMA_DART_BROWSERS
 ${SCRIPT_DIR}/test_server_dart.sh
 ${SCRIPT_DIR}/test_e2e_dart.sh
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_js.sh b/scripts/ci/test_js.sh
index 5b4420d87f..87d142ed25 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/test_js.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_js.sh
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ if  ${SCRIPT_DIR}/env_dart.sh 2>&1 > /dev/null ; then
 fi
 
 ./node_modules/.bin/gulp pre-test-checks
-./node_modules/.bin/gulp test.js --browsers=${KARMA_BROWSERS:-Chrome}
+./node_modules/.bin/gulp test.js --browsers=${KARMA_JS_BROWSERS:-Chrome}
 ${SCRIPT_DIR}/test_e2e_js.sh
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_router.sh b/scripts/ci/test_router.sh
index efe4e2a50b..440043d97b 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/test_router.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_router.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $0)
 source $SCRIPT_DIR/env_dart.sh
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR/../..
 
-./node_modules/.bin/gulp test.unit.router/ci --browsers=${KARMA_BROWSERS:-Chrome}
+./node_modules/.bin/gulp test.unit.router/ci --browsers=${KARMA_JS_BROWSERS:-Chrome}
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_server_dart.sh b/scripts/ci/test_server_dart.sh
index f7ead2a38d..f32789c4fc 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/test_server_dart.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_server_dart.sh
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ trap killAllServers EXIT
 sleep 3
 
 ./node_modules/.bin/gulp test.transpiler.unittest
-./node_modules/.bin/gulp test.server.dart --browsers=$KARMA_BROWSERS
+./node_modules/.bin/gulp test.server.dart --browsers=$KARMA_DART_BROWSERS