diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index da58e879eb27bb9126865fbaf4837289d67a788e..9199375d6118342d34360f2d5055cb7db383f679 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ before_script:
   - git clone git://github.com/typo3-ci/TYPO3-Travis-Integration.git build-environment
   - source build-environment/install-helper.sh
   - installPhpModule igbinary
-# Disable memcache tests for now
-#  - installPhpModule -y memcache
+  - installPhpModule -y memcache
   - installPhpModule redis
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" == "5.3" ]]; then installPhpModule -y apc; fi
 
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Build/UnitTests.xml b/typo3/sysext/core/Build/UnitTests.xml
index 6bf6deef24e4badb6178f9a729e4b81e917a3fc3..ed313557d89b622ca55d9ef425ec9a06eedc58ed 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Build/UnitTests.xml
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Build/UnitTests.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <phpunit backupGlobals="false"
 	backupStaticAttributes="false"
-	colors="false"
+	colors="true"
 	convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
 	convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
 	forceCoversAnnotation="false"