diff --git a/.travis.sh b/.travis.sh
index 1ab1ee2b1..f4ef271e4 100755
--- a/.travis.sh
+++ b/.travis.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,32 @@
 function generate()
 {
-    cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DASSIMP_NO_EXPORT=$TRAVIS_NO_EXPORT -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=$SHARED_BUILD -DASSIMP_COVERALLS=$ENABLE_COVERALLS -DASSIMP_WERROR=ON -DASSIMP_ASAN=$ASAN
+    OPTIONS="-DASSIMP_WERROR=ON"
+
+    if [ "$DISABLE_EXPORTERS" = "YES" ] ; then
+        OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -DASSIMP_NO_EXPORT=YES"
+    else
+        OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -DASSIMP_NO_EXPORT=NO"
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$SHARED_BUILD" = "ON" ] ; then
+        OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+    else
+        OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF"
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$ENABLE_COVERALLS" = "ON" ] ; then
+        OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -DASSIMP_COVERALLS=ON"
+    else
+        OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -DASSIMP_COVERALLS=OFF"
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$ASAN" = "ON" ] ; then
+        OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -DASSIMP_ASAN=ON"
+    else
+        OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -DASSIMP_ASAN=OFF"
+    fi
+
+    cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" $OPTIONS
 }
 
 if [ $ANDROID ]; then
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2eab656cc..3ffa63176 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -36,33 +36,19 @@ env:
     - PV=r8e PLATF=linux-x86_64 NDK_HOME=${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/android-ndk-${PV} PATH=${PATH}:${NDK_HOME}
 
 matrix:
-  exclude:
-    - os: linux
-      compiler: gcc
-      env:
-    - os: linux
-      compiler: clang
-      env:
-
   include:
     - os: linux
       compiler: gcc
-      env: LINUX=1 TRAVIS_NO_EXPORT=YES ENABLE_COVERALLS=ON  ASAN=OFF
+      env: DISABLE_EXPORTERS=YES ENABLE_COVERALLS=ON
     - os: linux
       compiler: gcc
-      env: LINUX=1 TRAVIS_NO_EXPORT=NO  ENABLE_COVERALLS=OFF ASAN=ON
-    - os: linux
-      compiler: gcc
-      env: LINUX=1 SHARED_BUILD=ON TRAVIS_NO_EXPORT=NO  ENABLE_COVERALLS=OFF  ASAN=OFF
-    - os: linux
-      compiler: gcc
-      env: LINUX=1 SHARED_BUILD=ON TRAVIS_NO_EXPORT=NO  ENABLE_COVERALLS=OFF  ASAN=OFF
+      env: SHARED_BUILD=ON
     - os: linux
       compiler: clang
-      env: LINUX=1 TRAVIS_NO_EXPORT=NO  ENABLE_COVERALLS=OFF ASAN=ON
+      env: ASAN=ON
     - os: linux
       compiler: clang
-      env: LINUX=1 SHARED_BUILD=ON TRAVIS_NO_EXPORT=NO  ENABLE_COVERALLS=OFF  ASAN=OFF
+      env: SHARED_BUILD=ON
 
 install:
   - if [ $ANDROID ]; then wget -c http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-${PV}-${PLATF}.tar.bz2 && tar xf android-ndk-${PV}-${PLATF}.tar.bz2 ; fi
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0aae76837..c30278b7f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ IF(MSVC)
 ENDIF(MSVC)
 
 IF(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  MESSAGE(STATUS "Shared libraries disabled")
   SET(LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC TRUE)
+ELSE()
+  MESSAGE(STATUS "Shared libraries enabled")
 ENDIF(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 # Define here the needed parameters
@@ -209,12 +212,14 @@ ELSEIF( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_MINGW )
 ENDIF()
 
 if (ASSIMP_COVERALLS)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Coveralls enabled")
     INCLUDE(Coveralls)
     SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -g -O0 -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
     SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -g -O0 -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
 endif()
 
 if (ASSIMP_WERROR)
+  MESSAGE(STATUS "Treating warnings as errors")
   IF (MSVC)
     add_compile_options(/WX)
   ELSE()
@@ -224,6 +229,7 @@ if (ASSIMP_WERROR)
 endif()
 
 if (ASSIMP_ASAN)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "AddressSanitizer enabled")
     SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address")
     SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address")
 endif()