diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 466bd40c0..fa70d3d03 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,5 @@ language: python
 python:
   - "2.6"
   - "2.7"
-install:
-  - pip install -r requirements.txt --use-mirrors
-  - python extras/scripts/create_local_settings.py
-script:
-  - export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tests.settings
-  - coverage run ./manage.py test tests && coverage report -m
-  - pep8 --max-line-length=150 --exclude="urls.py," --statistics openslides
-  - pep8 --max-line-length=150 --statistics tests
+install: "pip install -r requirements.txt --use-mirrors"
+script: "fab travis_ci"
diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bbee78c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    Fabric file for OpenSlides developers.
+
+    :copyright: 2011–2013 by OpenSlides team, see AUTHORS.
+    :license: GNU GPL, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+import os
+import webbrowser
+
+from fabric.api import local
+from fabric.contrib import django
+
+
+def test(module='tests'):
+    """
+    Runs all unit tests for OpenSlides using coverage. The settings file
+    in the tests directory is used, therefor the environment
+    variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is set to 'tests.settings'.
+    """
+    django.settings_module('tests.settings')
+    local('coverage run ./manage.py test %s' % module)
+
+
+def coverage():
+    """
+    Runs all tests and builds the coverage html files. The index of these
+    files is opened in the end.
+    """
+    test()
+    local('coverage html')
+    webbrowser.open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'htmlcov', 'index.html'))
+
+
+def pep8():
+    """
+    Checks for PEP 8 errors in openslides and in tests.
+    """
+    local('pep8 --max-line-length=150 --exclude="urls.py," --statistics openslides')
+    local('pep8 --max-line-length=150 --statistics tests')
+
+
+def prepare_commit():
+    """
+    Does everything before a commit should be done. At the moment it
+    does the same as travis_ci()
+    """
+    travis_ci()
+
+
+def travis_ci():
+    """
+    Command that is run by Travis CI.
+    """
+    test()
+    pep8()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b513b8588..6b8b536c5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ reportlab==2.7
 tornado==3.0.1
 
 # required for travis
+Fabric==1.6.0
 coverage==3.6
 django-discover-runner==0.3
 pep8==1.4.5