diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f50de9382..2ebcdf4b3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ before_script:
       arm-none-eabi-gcc --version ;
     fi
 
+  ## Install mainline ARM toolchain.  gcc-arm-none-eabi is available
+  ## in Ubuntu >= 14.04, but this external PPA is needed for 12.04.
+  - if [ ${BUILD_ARCH:-0} = arm ] ; then
+      sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:terry.guo/gcc-arm-embedded &&
+      sudo apt-get -qq update &&
+      sudo apt-get -qq install gcc-arm-none-eabi &&
+      arm-none-eabi-gcc --version ;
+    fi
+
   ## Install RL78 GCC toolchain
   - sudo apt-get install libncurses5:i386 zlib1g:i386
   - $WGET http://adamdunkels.github.io/contiki-fork/gnurl78-v13.02-elf_1-2_i386.deb &&
@@ -67,7 +76,7 @@ script:
 after_script:
   ## Print cooja test logs
   - "[ ${BUILD_CATEGORY:-sim} = sim ] && tail regression-tests/??-$BUILD_TYPE/*.testlog"
-  ## Print a basic summary 
+  ## Print a basic summary
   - "echo 'Summary:'; cat regression-tests/??-$BUILD_TYPE/summary"
   - "FAILS=`grep -c -i 'fail' regression-tests/??-$BUILD_TYPE/summary`"
   ## This will detect whether the build should pass or fail
@@ -95,4 +104,5 @@ env:
   - BUILD_TYPE='compile-8051-ports' BUILD_CATEGORY='compile' BUILD_ARCH='8051'
   - BUILD_TYPE='compile-arm-apcs-ports' BUILD_CATEGORY='compile' BUILD_ARCH='arm-apcs'
   - BUILD_TYPE='compile-6502-ports' BUILD_CATEGORY='compile' BUILD_ARCH='6502'
+  - BUILD_TYPE='compile-arm-ports' BUILD_CATEGORY='compile' BUILD_ARCH='arm'
   - BUILD_TYPE='slip-radio' MAKE_TARGETS='cooja'
diff --git a/regression-tests/18-compile-arm-ports/Makefile b/regression-tests/18-compile-arm-ports/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2de35da6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regression-tests/18-compile-arm-ports/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+EXAMPLESDIR=../../examples
+TOOLSDIR=../../tools
+
+EXAMPLES = \
+hello-world/ev-aducrf101mkxz \
+ipv6/rpl-border-router/ev-aducrf101mkxz \
+webserver-ipv6/ev-aducrf101mkxz \
+ipv6/multicast/ev-aducrf101mkxz \
+cc2538dk/sniffer/ev-aducrf101mkxz \
+
+TOOLS=
+
+include ../Makefile.compile-test