diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8c58412e..d8e17093 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
 sudo: false
 language: python
-python:
-- '3.5'
-- '3.6'
-install: pip install tox-travis
-script: tox
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.cache/pip
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - env: TOX_ENV=py35
+      python: 3.5
+    - env: TOX_ENV=py35-no-ext
+      python: 3.5
+    - env: TOX_ENV=py36
+      python: 3.6
+    - env: TOX_ENV=py36-no-ext
+      python: 3.6
+    - env: TOX_ENV=flake8
+      python: 3.6
+    - env: TOX_ENV=check
+      python: 3.6
+install: pip install -U tox
+script: tox -e $TOX_ENV
 deploy:
   provider: pypi
   user: channelcat
diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 8d846c3e..29b8c71c 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -206,7 +206,12 @@ class Sanic:
         def response(handler):
             async def websocket_handler(request, *args, **kwargs):
                 request.app = self
-                protocol = request.transport.get_protocol()
+                try:
+                    protocol = request.transport.get_protocol()
+                except AttributeError:
+                    # On Python3.5 the Transport classes in asyncio do not
+                    # have a get_protocol() method as in uvloop
+                    protocol = request.transport._protocol
                 ws = await protocol.websocket_handshake(request)
 
                 # schedule the application handler
diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index 69307222..660fe6cb 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import sys
+import json
 from cgi import parse_header
 from collections import namedtuple
 from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
@@ -7,7 +9,12 @@ from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlunparse
 try:
     from ujson import loads as json_loads
 except ImportError:
-    from json import loads as json_loads
+    if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 5):
+        def json_loads(data):
+            # on Python 3.5 json.loads only supports str not bytes
+            return json.loads(data.decode())
+    else:
+        json_loads = json.loads
 
 from sanic.exceptions import InvalidUsage
 from sanic.log import log
diff --git a/tests/test_request_data.py b/tests/test_request_data.py
index c874f71d..f795ff1f 100644
--- a/tests/test_request_data.py
+++ b/tests/test_request_data.py
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import random
 
 from sanic import Sanic
 from sanic.response import json
-from ujson import loads
+
+try:
+    from ujson import loads
+except ImportError:
+    from json import loads
 
 
 def test_storage():
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index dd940f13..b391c06e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py35, py36, flake8, check
-
-
-[travis]
-python =
-    3.5: py35, flake8, check
-    3.6: py36, flake8, check
-
+envlist = py35, py36, {py35,py36}-no-ext, flake8, check
 
 [testenv]
+usedevelop = True
+setenv =
+    {py35,py36}-no-ext: SANIC_NO_UJSON=1
+    {py35,py36}-no-ext: SANIC_NO_UVLOOP=1
 deps =
-    -rrequirements-dev.txt
-
+    coverage
+    pytest
+    pytest-sugar
+    aiohttp==1.3.5
+    chardet<=2.3.0
+    beautifulsoup4
 commands =
     pytest tests {posargs}
     coverage erase