diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 60a2a801d18..e8009b48737 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ env:
   - TEST_SUITE=brakeman
 matrix:
   fast_finish: true
+  jobs:
+  - sudo: required
+    group: edge
+    virt: lxd
+    dist: bionic
+    arch: arm64-graviton2
+    rvm: 2.6.6
+    env:
+    - RUBY_GC_HEAP_GROWTH_MAX_SLOTS=300000
+    - RUBY_GC_HEAP_INIT_SLOTS=600000
+    - RUBY_GC_HEAP_GROWTH_FACTOR=1.25
+    - PARALLEL_TEST_PROCESSORS=2
+    - TEST_SUITE=vmdb PARALLEL=true
 addons:
   postgresql: '10'
 before_install: source ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/bin/ci/before_install.sh
diff --git a/bin/ci/before_install.sh b/bin/ci/before_install.sh
index 78d20be6ffa..b900d4eee2c 100755
--- a/bin/ci/before_install.sh
+++ b/bin/ci/before_install.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -v
 
+git config --global user.name "ManageIQ"
+git config --global user.email "contact@manageiq.org"
 source $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/bin/ci/setup_vmdb_configs.sh
 source $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/bin/ci/setup_ruby_env.sh