diff --git a/travis-ci/managers/fedora.sh b/travis-ci/managers/fedora.sh
index 8b7b3c873d..077595c482 100755
--- a/travis-ci/managers/fedora.sh
+++ b/travis-ci/managers/fedora.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ function info() {
 
 set -e
 
+source "$(dirname $0)/travis_wait.bash"
+
 for phase in "${PHASES[@]}"; do
     case $phase in
         SETUP)
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ for phase in "${PHASES[@]}"; do
             $DOCKER_EXEC ninja -v -C build
 
             # Never remove halt_on_error from UBSAN_OPTIONS. See https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/2614d83aa06592aedb.
-            $DOCKER_EXEC sh -c "UBSAN_OPTIONS=print_stacktrace=1:print_summary=1:halt_on_error=1 meson test --timeout-multiplier=3 -C ./build/ --print-errorlogs"
+            travis_wait docker exec --interactive=false -t $CONT_NAME sh -c "UBSAN_OPTIONS=print_stacktrace=1:print_summary=1:halt_on_error=1 meson test --timeout-multiplier=3 -C ./build/ --print-errorlogs"
             ;;
         CLEANUP)
             info "Cleanup phase"
diff --git a/travis-ci/managers/travis_wait.bash b/travis-ci/managers/travis_wait.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3de9b9b0cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis-ci/managers/travis_wait.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# This was borrowed from https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-build/tree/master/lib/travis/build/bash
+# to get around https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/9979. It should probably be removed
+# as soon as Travis CI has started to provide an easy way to export the functions to bash scripts.
+
+travis_jigger() {
+  local cmd_pid="${1}"
+  shift
+  local timeout="${1}"
+  shift
+  local count=0
+
+  echo -e "\\n"
+
+  while [[ "${count}" -lt "${timeout}" ]]; do
+    count="$((count + 1))"
+    echo -ne "Still running (${count} of ${timeout}): ${*}\\r"
+    sleep 60
+  done
+
+  echo -e "\\n${ANSI_RED}Timeout (${timeout} minutes) reached. Terminating \"${*}\"${ANSI_RESET}\\n"
+  kill -9 "${cmd_pid}"
+}
+
+travis_wait() {
+  local timeout="${1}"
+
+  if [[ "${timeout}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    shift
+  else
+    timeout=20
+  fi
+
+  local cmd=("${@}")
+  local log_file="travis_wait_${$}.log"
+
+  "${cmd[@]}" &>"${log_file}" &
+  local cmd_pid="${!}"
+
+  travis_jigger "${!}" "${timeout}" "${cmd[@]}" &
+  local jigger_pid="${!}"
+  local result
+
+  {
+    wait "${cmd_pid}" 2>/dev/null
+    result="${?}"
+    ps -p"${jigger_pid}" &>/dev/null && kill "${jigger_pid}"
+  }
+
+  if [[ "${result}" -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo -e "\\n${ANSI_GREEN}The command ${cmd[*]} exited with ${result}.${ANSI_RESET}"
+  else
+    echo -e "\\n${ANSI_RED}The command ${cmd[*]} exited with ${result}.${ANSI_RESET}"
+  fi
+
+  echo -e "\\n${ANSI_GREEN}Log:${ANSI_RESET}\\n"
+  cat "${log_file}"
+
+  return "${result}"
+}