diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7bac4945..3e14ae94 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
             - node_modules
       - run:
           name: Test
-          command: npm run test
+          command: ./.circleci/test.sh
       - run:
           name: Coverage
           command: npm run coverage
diff --git a/.circleci/test.sh b/.circleci/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b6ab1ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# override CircleCi's default run settings,
+# so that we run all tests and do not exit early
+# on test failures.
+set +e
+set +o pipefail
+
+EXIT_STATE=0
+MAX_AUTO_RETRY=5
+
+# inspired by https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/82602
+retry () {
+    local n=0
+
+    until [ $n -ge $MAX_AUTO_RETRY ]; do
+        "$@" && break
+        n=$[$n+1]
+        echo ''
+        echo run $n of $MAX_AUTO_RETRY failed, trying again ...
+        echo ''
+        sleep 15
+    done
+
+    if [ $n -eq $MAX_AUTO_RETRY ]; then
+        EXIT_STATE=1
+    fi
+}
+
+npm run pretest
+npm run test:lint || EXIT_STATE=$?
+npm run test:unit || EXIT_STATE=$?
+retry npm run test:integration
+exit $EXIT_STATE