diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 27e7f15667..ad5995745b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ php:
 #  See master-fulltest branch for broader PHP version testing.
   - 5.6
   - 7.0
+  - 7.2
 
 # Cache Composer.
 cache:
@@ -43,6 +44,21 @@ matrix:
   allow_failures:
     - php: 7.0
       env: COMPOSER=composer-highest.json
+  exclude:
+    # To save time, we will skip the functional tests on php 7.2
+    - php: 7.2
+      env: PHPUNIT_ARGS=--group=base
+    - php: 7.2
+      env: PHPUNIT_ARGS=--group=commands
+    - php: 7.2
+      env: PHPUNIT_ARGS=--exclude-group=base,commands
+    - php: 7.2
+      env: COMPOSER=composer-highest.json PHPUNIT_ARGS=--group=base
+    - php: 7.2
+      env: COMPOSER=composer-highest.json PHPUNIT_ARGS=--group=commands
+    - php: 7.2
+      env: COMPOSER=composer-highest.json PHPUNIT_ARGS=--exclude-group=base,commands
+
 
 before_install:
   - echo 'mbstring.http_input = pass' >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/conf.d/travis.ini