diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f78986f66e1..d02de6ebd4d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ before_script:
 
 script:
  - ZEND_DONT_UNLOAD_MODULES=1 $(phpenv which php) ./unit-tests/ci/phpunit.php --debug -c unit-tests/phpunit.xml --testsuite=stable
- - ZEND_DONT_UNLOAD_MODULES=1 $(phpenv which php) ./codecept.phar run
+ - if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" == "5.3" ]] || [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" == "5.3.3" ]] then (ZEND_DONT_UNLOAD_MODULES=1 $(phpenv which php) ./codecept53.phar run) else (ZEND_DONT_UNLOAD_MODULES=1 $(phpenv which php) ./codecept.phar run)
 
 after_failure:
  - sudo apt-get -qq install gdb
diff --git a/codecept53.phar b/codecept53.phar
new file mode 100644
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