diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9e2e6e1614..b9f7db3e8a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ sudo: false
 cache:
   directories:
   - thirdparty/download
+  - Support/Content
 
 addons:
   apt:
@@ -26,12 +27,14 @@ env:
 
 # Fetch dependencies
 # Run the build script
+# Fetch mod assets
 # Check source code with StyleCop
 # call OpenRA to check for YAML errors
 # Run the NUnit tests
 script:
  - travis_retry make all-dependencies
  - make all
+ - travis_retry ./thirdparty/fetch-travis-assets.sh
  - make check
  - make check-scripts
  - make test
diff --git a/thirdparty/fetch-travis-assets.sh b/thirdparty/fetch-travis-assets.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9219c5bb86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/fetch-travis-assets.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Die on any error for Travis CI to automatically retry:
+set -e
+if [ ! -e ./Support/Content/ra/conquer.mix ]; then
+	echo "Downloading RA mod content"
+	mkdir -p ./Support/Content/ra/
+	cd ./Support/Content/ra/
+	curl -s -L -O `curl -s -L http://www.openra.net/packages/ra-mirrors.txt | head -n1`
+	unzip ra-packages.zip
+	rm ra-packages.zip
+	cd ../../../
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e ./Support/Content/cnc/conquer.mix ]; then
+	echo "Downloading TD mod content"
+	mkdir -p ./Support/Content/cnc/
+	cd ./Support/Content/cnc/
+	curl -s -L -O `curl -s -L http://www.openra.net/packages/cnc-mirrors.txt | head -n1`
+	unzip cnc-packages.zip
+	rm cnc-packages.zip
+	cd ../../../
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e ./Support/Content/d2k/DATA.R8 ]; then
+	echo "Downloading D2K mod content"
+	mkdir -p ./Support/Content/d2k/
+	cd ./Support/Content/d2k/
+	curl -s -L -O `curl -s -L http://www.openra.net/packages/d2k-103-mirrors.txt | head -n1`
+	unzip d2k-103-packages.zip
+	rm d2k-103-packages.zip
+	cd ../../../
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e ./Support/Content/ts/conquer.mix ]; then
+	echo "Downloading TS mod content"
+	mkdir -p ./Support/Content/ts/
+	cd ./Support/Content/ts/
+	curl -s -L -O `curl -s -L http://www.openra.net/packages/ts-mirrors.txt | head -n1`
+	unzip ts-packages.zip
+	rm ts-packages.zip
+	cd ../../../
+fi