diff --git a/scripts/common b/scripts/common
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..1c7be04f286a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/common
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+update() {
+  [[ -d $baseDir ]] || mkdir -p $baseDir
+  cd $baseDir
+
+  if [ ! -d $baseDir/$2 ]; then git clone "https://github.com/$1/$2.git"; fi
+
+  cd $2
+
+  git fetch --tags "https://github.com/$1/$2.git"
+  (git fetch "https://github.com/$1/$2.git" $3 && git checkout -fq FETCH_HEAD) #|| git checkout -fq $3 # || fallback is for local testing on tag
+  git reset --hard
+}
+
+sbtArgs="-Ddotty.travis.build=yes -ivy $baseDir/ivy2 -Dsbt.global.base=$HOME/.sbt/0.13 -sbt-dir $HOME/.sbt/0.13"
diff --git a/scripts/jobs/validate/junit b/scripts/jobs/validate/junit
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9748c3f5fc39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/jobs/validate/junit
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+baseDir=${WORKSPACE-`pwd`}
+scriptsDir="$baseDir/scripts"
+. $scriptsDir/common
+
+update scala scala
+sbt $sbtArgs update compile test
diff --git a/scripts/jobs/validate/partest b/scripts/jobs/validate/partest
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9c3c6254d2b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/jobs/validate/partest
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+baseDir=${WORKSPACE-`pwd`}
+scriptsDir="$baseDir/scripts"
+. $scriptsDir/common
+
+sbt $sbtArgs update compile "partest run"
+
diff --git a/scripts/jobs/validate/scalastyle b/scripts/jobs/validate/scalastyle
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..31ace83bae0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/jobs/validate/scalastyle
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+baseDir=${WORKSPACE-`pwd`}
+scriptsDir="$baseDir/scripts"
+. $scriptsDir/common
+
+sbt $sbtArgs scalastyle
+
diff --git a/test/test/ScannerTest.scala b/test/test/ScannerTest.scala
index 15ae41c1c6ed..38835e4a0f53 100644
--- a/test/test/ScannerTest.scala
+++ b/test/test/ScannerTest.scala
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ class ScannerTest extends DottyTest {
 
   @Test
   def scanScala() = {
-    scanDir("../scala/src")
+    scanDir("./scala/src")
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/test/desugarPackage.scala b/test/test/desugarPackage.scala
index d38669e7b950..b93dcb3e4afa 100644
--- a/test/test/desugarPackage.scala
+++ b/test/test/desugarPackage.scala
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ object desugarPackage extends DeSugarTest {
     val start = System.nanoTime()
     val startNodes = Trees.ntrees
     parseDir("./src")
-    parseDir("../scala/src")
+    parseDir("./scala/src")
     val ms1 = (System.nanoTime() - start)/1000000
     val nodes = Trees.ntrees
     val buf = parsedTrees map desugarTree
diff --git a/test/test/parsePackage.scala b/test/test/parsePackage.scala
index ceebadd0db04..0bbf1e9c3b88 100644
--- a/test/test/parsePackage.scala
+++ b/test/test/parsePackage.scala
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ object parsePackage extends ParserTest {
     nodes = 0
     val start = System.nanoTime()
     parseDir("./src")
-    parseDir("../scala/src")
+    parseDir("./scala/src")
     val ms1 = (System.nanoTime() - start)/1000000
     val buf = parsedTrees map transformer.transform
     val ms2 = (System.nanoTime() - start)/1000000
diff --git a/tests/run/byNameVarargs/i499.scala b/tests/pending/run/byNameVarargs/i499.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/run/byNameVarargs/i499.scala
rename to tests/pending/run/byNameVarargs/i499.scala