diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 966101451..6df40becc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,15 +24,13 @@ branches:
     - 'develop'
 
 before_install:
-  - gem install bundler
+  - script/ci/prepare.sh
   - mkdir travis-phantomjs
   - wget http://cifiles.diasporafoundation.org/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -O $PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
   - tar -xvf $PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -C $PWD/travis-phantomjs
   - export PATH=$PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
 
-bundler_args: "--deployment --without development --with mysql postgresql --jobs 3 --retry 3"
-
-script: "./script/ci/build.sh"
+script: "bin/rake --trace ci:travis:${BUILD_TYPE}"
 
 notifications:
   irc:
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 9ebd9e557..02de9c2c4 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.7.1.1
+
+Fixes an issue with installing and running diaspora\* with today released bundler v1.16.0.
+
 # 0.7.1.0
 
 ## Ensure account deletions are run
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index f40f6b369..50524a735 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ require_relative 'boot'
 
 require 'rails/all'
 
+require_relative "bundler_helper"
+
 # Require the gems listed in Gemfile, including any gems
 # you've limited to :test, :development, or :production.
-Bundler.require(*Rails.groups(*Bundler.settings.with))
+Bundler.require(*Rails.groups(BundlerHelper.database))
 
 # Do not dump the limit of boolean fields on MySQL,
 # since that generates a db/schema.rb that's incompatible
diff --git a/config/bundler_helper.rb b/config/bundler_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ca9d6ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/bundler_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "yaml"
+
+module BundlerHelper
+  def self.rails_env
+    @rails_env ||= ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||
+      parse_value_from_file("diaspora.yml", "configuration", "server", "rails_environment") ||
+      parse_value_from_file("defaults.yml", "defaults", "server", "rails_environment")
+  end
+
+  def self.database
+    @adapter ||= parse_value_from_file("database.yml", rails_env, "adapter")
+
+    raise "No database adapter found, please fix your config/database.yml!" unless @adapter
+
+    @adapter.sub("mysql2", "mysql")
+  end
+
+  private_class_method def self.parse_value_from_file(file, *keys)
+    path = File.join(__dir__, file)
+    return YAML.load_file(path).dig(*keys) if File.file?(path)
+
+    puts "Configuration file #{path} not found, ensure it's present" # rubocop:disable Rails/Output
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/defaults.yml b/config/defaults.yml
index 48525f7bb..dd5abbfcc 100644
--- a/config/defaults.yml
+++ b/config/defaults.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 defaults:
   version:
-    number: "0.7.1.0" # Do not touch unless doing a release, do not backport the version number that's in master
+    number: "0.7.1.1" # Do not touch unless doing a release, do not backport the version number that's in master
   heroku: false
   environment:
     url: "http://localhost:3000/"
diff --git a/script/ci/build.sh b/script/ci/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7a129f211..000000000
--- a/script/ci/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-
-# Create a database.yml for the right database
-echo "Setting up database.yml for $DB"
-cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
-if [ "$DB" = "mysql" ]; then
-  sed -i 's/*common/*mysql/' config/database.yml
-fi
-
-command="bundle exec rake --trace ci:travis:${BUILD_TYPE}"
-
-exec xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-num=1 --server-args="-screen 0 1280x1024x8" $command
diff --git a/script/ci/prepare.sh b/script/ci/prepare.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6bd574ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/ci/prepare.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Create a database.yml for the right database
+echo "Setting up database.yml for ${DB}"
+cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
+if [ "${DB}" = "mysql" ]; then
+  sed -i 's/*common/*mysql/' config/database.yml
+fi
+
+gem install bundler
+script/configure_bundler
diff --git a/script/configure_bundler b/script/configure_bundler
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6c28ae7a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/configure_bundler
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative "../config/bundler_helper"
+
+rails_env = BundlerHelper.rails_env
+database = BundlerHelper.database
+
+puts "Configuring Bundler for #{rails_env} environment and #{database} database."
+
+def config(option)
+  puts "$ bin/bundle config --local #{option}"
+  system("#{File.join(__dir__, '../bin/bundle')} config --local #{option}")
+end
+
+config("jobs #{`nproc`}")
+config("with #{database}")
+
+if rails_env == "production"
+  config("without test:development")
+elsif rails_env == "test"
+  config("without development")
+end
+
+if rails_env != "development"
+  config("path vendor/bundle")
+  config("frozen 1")
+  config("disable_shared_gems true")
+end
+
+if `gcc -dumpversion`.split(".").first.to_i >= 5
+  config("build.sigar \"--with-cppflags='-fgnu89-inline'\"")
+end
+
+puts "Bundler configured! Please run 'bin/bundle install' now."