diff --git a/.ci/ci-configure.sh b/.ci/ci-configure.sh
index 7eb59f7fbb..10730003e6 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-configure.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-configure.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ else # Native Ubuntu Linux Travis builds (non-docker)
     travis_fold meson meson
       OPTS="$OPTS -Dbindings="
     travis_endfold meson
+  elif [ "$TRAVIS_CPU_ARCH" = "s390x" ] ; then
+    travis_fold meson meson
+      OPTS="$OPTS -Dbindings= -Delua=false -Dlua-interpreter=lua"
+    travis_endfold meson
   fi
   if [ "$1" = "codecov" ]; then
     travis_fold meson meson
diff --git a/.ci/ubuntu-bionic-install-deps.sh b/.ci/ubuntu-bionic-install-deps.sh
index 9bb2c0efd1..3f08287df1 100755
--- a/.ci/ubuntu-bionic-install-deps.sh
+++ b/.ci/ubuntu-bionic-install-deps.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 sudo apt-get update -y
-sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake autopoint doxygen check luajit libharfbuzz-dev libpng-dev libudev-dev libwebp-dev libssl-dev libluajit-5.1-dev libfribidi-dev libcogl-gles2-dev libgif-dev libtiff5-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libdbus-1-dev libmount-dev libblkid-dev libpulse-dev libxrandr-dev libxtst-dev libxcursor-dev libxcomposite-dev libxinerama-dev libxkbfile-dev libbullet-dev libsndfile1-dev libraw-dev libspectre-dev libpoppler-cpp-dev libpam0g-dev liblz4-dev faenza-icon-theme gettext git imagemagick libasound2-dev libbluetooth-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libibus-1.0-dev libiconv-hook-dev libjpeg-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libpoppler-dev libpoppler-private-dev libproxy-dev librsvg2-dev libscim-dev libsystemd-dev libtool libudisks2-dev libunibreak-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxss-dev linux-tools-common libcurl4-openssl-dev systemd ccache git binutils-gold python3-pip ninja-build dbus-x11 libavahi-client-dev python3-setuptools libopenjp2-7-dev libc6-dev libpcre3-dev
+sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake autopoint doxygen check libharfbuzz-dev libpng-dev libudev-dev libwebp-dev libssl-dev libfribidi-dev libcogl-gles2-dev libgif-dev libtiff5-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libdbus-1-dev libmount-dev libblkid-dev libpulse-dev libxrandr-dev libxtst-dev libxcursor-dev libxcomposite-dev libxinerama-dev libxkbfile-dev libbullet-dev libsndfile1-dev libraw-dev libspectre-dev libpoppler-cpp-dev libpam0g-dev liblz4-dev faenza-icon-theme gettext git imagemagick libasound2-dev libbluetooth-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libibus-1.0-dev libiconv-hook-dev libjpeg-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libpoppler-dev libpoppler-private-dev libproxy-dev librsvg2-dev libscim-dev libsystemd-dev libtool libudisks2-dev libunibreak-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxss-dev linux-tools-common libcurl4-openssl-dev systemd ccache git binutils-gold python3-pip ninja-build dbus-x11 libavahi-client-dev python3-setuptools libopenjp2-7-dev libc6-dev libpcre3-dev
+# s390x on Ubuntu Bionic on Travis does not have a luajit package and fails install, use lua5.1
+if [ "$TRAVIS_CPU_ARCH" = "s390x" ] ; then
+  sudo apt-get install -y liblua5.1-dev
+else
+  sudo apt-get install -y luajit libluajit-5.1-dev
+fi
 sudo pip3 install meson
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 228ed3cafe..e1ec7a36f8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ jobs:
       if: type = cron
       arch: ppc64le
       env: CI_BUILD_TYPE=no-bindings
+    - os: linux
+      if: type = cron
+      arch: s390x
+      env: CI_BUILD_TYPE=no-bindings
 
 services:
   - docker