diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 76fae1c7..16cf99fd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ env:
     - secure: "jtQTZKQBnzUlp/jz7NlM6470ZDnLGVAs53sgvIm4tcYqf9TWSXSXjIYvFsrS\nKPR2eyZaAevYysUkIGRFTUXTlG6tC36YngMp9+6FPxASl8mnGXsTbKcm613B\n59vD3242pgIgqhhmgFQ0c8gbvnE8PuF2aS4/hluP3r+AxhWN56E="
 
 before_script:
+  - travis/setup-secure-shell.sh
   - sh -c "if [ '$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION' != 'hhvm' ]; then travis/install-php-extensions.sh; fi"
   - sh -c "if [ '$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION' = '5.5' ]; then composer install --dev --no-interaction; fi"
 
 script:
   - sh -c "if [ '$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION' = '5.5' ]; then vendor/bin/phpcs -s --extensions=php --standard=build/code-sniffer-ruleset.xml phpseclib/; fi"
   - sh -c "if [ '$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION' = '5.5' ]; then vendor/bin/phpcs -s --extensions=php --standard=build/code-sniffer-ruleset-tests.xml tests/; fi"
-  - phpunit --verbose --coverage-text --coverage-html code_coverage/
+  - travis/run-phpunit.sh
 
 after_success:
   - sh -c "if $TRAVIS_SECURE_ENV_VARS; then travis/upload-code-coverage.sh; fi"
diff --git a/tests/Net/SSH2FunctionalTest.php b/tests/Net/SSH2FunctionalTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34a9377b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Net/SSH2FunctionalTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @author    Andreas Fischer <bantu@phpbb.com>
+ * @copyright MMXIV Andreas Fischer
+ * @license   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html  MIT License
+ */
+
+class Net_SSH2FunctionalTest extends PhpseclibFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        if (getenv('TRAVIS') && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.3', '<=')) {
+            $this->markTestIncomplete(
+                'This test hangs on Travis CI on PHP 5.3.3 and below.'
+            );
+        }
+        parent::setUp();
+    }
+
+    public function testConstructor()
+    {
+        $ssh = new Net_SSH2($this->getEnv('SSH_HOSTNAME'));
+
+        $this->assertTrue(
+            is_object($ssh),
+            'Could not construct NET_SSH2 object.'
+        );
+
+        return $ssh;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * @depends testConstructor
+    */
+    public function testPasswordLogin($ssh)
+    {
+        $username = $this->getEnv('SSH_USERNAME');
+        $password = $this->getEnv('SSH_PASSWORD');
+        $this->assertTrue(
+            $ssh->login($username, $password),
+            'SSH2 login using password failed.'
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/PhpseclibFunctionalTestCase.php b/tests/PhpseclibFunctionalTestCase.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42fd80f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PhpseclibFunctionalTestCase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @author    Andreas Fischer <bantu@phpbb.com>
+ * @copyright MMXIV Andreas Fischer
+ * @license   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html  MIT License
+ */
+
+abstract class PhpseclibFunctionalTestCase extends PhpseclibTestCase
+{
+    /**
+    * @param string $variable
+    * @param string|null $message
+    *
+    * @return null
+    */
+    protected function requireEnv($variable, $message = null)
+    {
+        if ($this->_getEnv($variable) === false) {
+            $msg = $message ? $message : sprintf(
+                "This test requires the '%s' environment variable.",
+                $this->_prefixEnvVariable($variable)
+            );
+            $this->markTestSkipped($msg);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * @param string $variable
+    *
+    * @return string
+    */
+    protected function getEnv($variable)
+    {
+        $this->requireEnv($variable);
+        return $this->_getEnv($variable);
+    }
+
+    private function _getEnv($variable)
+    {
+        return getenv($this->_prefixEnvVariable($variable));
+    }
+
+    private function _prefixEnvVariable($variable)
+    {
+        return 'PHPSECLIB_' . $variable;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/travis/run-phpunit.sh b/travis/run-phpunit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..35b16aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis/run-phpunit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+set -x
+
+export PHPSECLIB_SSH_HOSTNAME='localhost'
+export PHPSECLIB_SSH_USERNAME='phpseclib'
+export PHPSECLIB_SSH_PASSWORD='EePoov8po1aethu2kied1ne0'
+
+phpunit \
+  --verbose \
+  --coverage-text \
+  --coverage-html code_coverage/
diff --git a/travis/setup-secure-shell.sh b/travis/setup-secure-shell.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ad8d3504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis/setup-secure-shell.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This file is part of the phpseclib project.
+#
+# (c) Andreas Fischer <bantu@phpbb.com>
+#
+# For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+# file that was distributed with this source code.
+#
+set -e
+set -x
+
+USERNAME='phpseclib'
+PASSWORD='EePoov8po1aethu2kied1ne0'
+
+sudo useradd "$USERNAME"
+echo "$USERNAME:$PASSWORD" | sudo chpasswd