diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b7c35231867..8799944f3cf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ matrix:
     env: CONDA_ENV=py36-dask-dev
   - python: 3.6
     env: CONDA_ENV=py36-pandas-dev
+  - python: 3.6
+    env: CONDA_ENV=py36-bottleneck-dev
   - python: 3.6
     env: CONDA_ENV=py36-condaforge-rc
   allow_failures:
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ matrix:
     env: CONDA_ENV=py36-dask-dev
   - python: 3.6
     env: CONDA_ENV=py36-pandas-dev
+  - python: 3.6
+    env: CONDA_ENV=py36-bottleneck-dev
   - python: 3.6
     env: CONDA_ENV=py36-condaforge-rc
 
diff --git a/ci/requirements-py36-bottleneck-dev.yml b/ci/requirements-py36-bottleneck-dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e2fd98cfcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/requirements-py36-bottleneck-dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: test_env
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - python=3.6
+  - dask
+  - distributed
+  - h5py
+  - h5netcdf
+  - matplotlib
+  - netcdf4
+  - pytest
+  - numpy
+  - pandas
+  - scipy
+  - seaborn
+  - toolz
+  - pip:
+    - git+https://github.com/kwgoodman/bottleneck.git
+    - coveralls
+    - pytest-cov