diff --git a/lib/github-auth.js b/lib/github-auth.js
index 9efd5830861de..401ca252d6bd5 100644
--- a/lib/github-auth.js
+++ b/lib/github-auth.js
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ autosave(githubUserTokensFile, {data:[]}).then(function(f) {
   if (serverSecrets && serverSecrets.gh_token) {
     addGithubToken(serverSecrets.gh_token);
   }
+  // Travis-CI environment variable `github_token`
+  // Used only for tests
+  if (process.env.TRAVIS && process.env.github_token){
+    addGithubToken(process.env.github_token);
+  }
 }).catch(function(e) { console.error('Could not create ' + githubUserTokensFile); });
 
 function setRoutes(server) {