diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a01ac4a9c..c7cab5c6a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -45,14 +45,7 @@ install:
   - pip install -e .
 
 script:
-  - |
-    openwisp-utils-qa-checks \
-          --migration-path \
-          "./openwisp_monitoring/check/migrations \
-          ./openwisp_monitoring/device/migrations \
-          ./openwisp_monitoring/monitoring/migrations \
-          ./openwisp_monitoring/notifications/migrations" \
-          --migration-module "check device_monitoring monitoring notifications"
+  - ./run-qa-checks
   - coverage run --source=openwisp_monitoring runtests.py
 
 after_success:
diff --git a/run-qa-checks b/run-qa-checks
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..792a435b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-qa-checks
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+openwisp-utils-qa-checks \
+  --migration-path "./openwisp_monitoring/check/migrations \
+                    ./openwisp_monitoring/device/migrations \
+                    ./openwisp_monitoring/monitoring/migrations \
+                    ./openwisp_monitoring/notifications/migrations" \
+  --migration-module "check device_monitoring monitoring notifications"