diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 46de3bac..ea6f382b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,42 +2,35 @@ language: generic
 
 matrix:
   include:
-    # Linux Python 3
-    - sudo: required
+    - name: Linux | x86_64 + i686 | Python 3.5
+      sudo: required
       language: python
       python: 3.5
       services: docker
       env: PYTHON=python
 
-    # Linux Python 3
-    - sudo: required
+    - name: Linux | arm64 | Python 3.5
+      sudo: required
       language: python
       python: 3.5
       services: docker
       arch: arm64
       env: PYTHON=python
 
-    # Linux Python 3
-    - sudo: required
+    - name: Linux | ppc64le | Python 3.5
+      sudo: required
       language: python
       python: 3.5
       services: docker
       arch: ppc64le
       env: PYTHON=python
 
-    # Linux Python 3
-    - sudo: required
-      language: python
-      python: 3.5
-      services: docker
-      arch: s390x
-      env: PYTHON=python
-
-    # macOS Python 3
-    - os: osx
+    - name: macOS | Python 3
+      os: osx
       env: PYTHON=python3
 
-    - os: windows
+    - name: Windows | Python 3.5
+      os: windows
       language: shell
       before_install:
        - choco install python3 --version 3.5.4 --no-progress -y
@@ -46,6 +39,26 @@ matrix:
       script:
        - C:\\Python35\\python ./bin/run_tests.py
 
+    - name: Linux | s390x | Python 3.5
+      sudo: required
+      language: python
+      python: 3.5
+      services: docker
+      arch: s390x
+      env: PYTHON=python
+      script: false
+
+  allow_failures:
+    # must repeat the s390x job above exactly to match
+    - name: Linux | s390x | Python 3.5
+      sudo: required
+      language: python
+      python: 3.5
+      services: docker
+      arch: s390x
+      env: PYTHON=python
+      script: false
+
 install: $PYTHON -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
 script: $PYTHON ./bin/run_tests.py