diff --git a/src/GNUmakefile b/src/GNUmakefile
index 5f7167d37f..9696a23fd3 100644
--- a/src/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/GNUmakefile
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ sngl_to_dbl dbl_to_sngl 64_to_32 32_to_64:
 		$(MAKE)	-C $$dir $@ || exit 1 ;  \
 	done
 	touch $@
-
+ifndef QUICK_BUILD
 deps_stamp:
 	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do \
 		$(MAKE)	-i -C $$dir dependencies include_stamp ;  \
 	done
 	touch $@
-
+endif
 clear_64_to_32:
 	-$(RM) 32_to_64
 
diff --git a/src/config/makelib.h b/src/config/makelib.h
index 35161b2f1a..d62d858b14 100644
--- a/src/config/makelib.h
+++ b/src/config/makelib.h
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
 
+ifndef QUICK_BUILD
 ifdef HEADERS
 include_stamp:	$(HEADERS)
 ifdef SUBDIRS
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ ifdef SUBDIRS
 endif
 	touch include_stamp
 endif
+endif
 ifdef CONVERT_ALL
 64_to_32:
 	$(CNFDIR)/64_to_32 *.F *.f *.c *.f90
@@ -389,8 +391,9 @@ $(BINDIR)/depend.x:
 	( cd $(CNFDIR); $(MAKE) $@ ; )
 
 dependencies:	$(wildcard *.c) $(wildcard *.F) $(BINDIR)/depend.x
+ifndef QUICK_BUILD
 	$(BINDIR)/depend.x $(LIB_INCLUDES) $(INCPATH) > dependencies
-
+endif
 
 -include dependencies
 
diff --git a/src/include/GNUmakefile b/src/include/GNUmakefile
index 01e7650700..02ad338f30 100644
--- a/src/include/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/include/GNUmakefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include ../config/makefile.h
 
 SUBDIRS = $(NWSUBDIRS)
-
+ifndef QUICK_BUILD
 includes:
 	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do \
 		echo Making include_stamp in $(SRCDIR)/$$dir ; \
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ includes:
 
 include_stamp sngl_to_dbl dbl_to_sngl 64_to_32 32_to_64:
 	@echo Nothing to be done
-
+endif
 # In this directory, clean does not do anything -- we only want get rid of
 # up the include files if there's a serious cleanup.
 
diff --git a/travis/compile_nwchem.sh b/travis/compile_nwchem.sh
index 89e217efc8..ce2930f298 100755
--- a/travis/compile_nwchem.sh
+++ b/travis/compile_nwchem.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ fi
    fi
    if [[ -z "$TRAVIS_HOME" ]]; then
        env
+       mkdir -p ../bin/MACX64
+       gcc -o ../bin/MACX64/depend.x config/depend.c
+       make nwchem_config
+       cd libext   && make V=-1  && cd ..
+       cd tools    && make V=-1  && cd ..
+       nohup make USE_INTERNALBLAS=y deps_stamp  >& deps.log &
+       sleep 120s
+       echo tail deps.log '@@@'
+       tail -10  deps.log
+       echo done tail deps.log '@@@'
+       export QUICK_BUILD=1
        if [[ -z "$FOPT" ]]; then
 	   make V=0   -j3
        else
@@ -85,6 +96,7 @@ fi
    else
        ../travis/sleep_loop.sh make V=1 FOPTIMIZE="$FOPT"   -j3
    fi
+     unset QUICK_BUILD
      cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/src/64to32blas 
      make
      cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/src
@@ -97,6 +109,17 @@ fi
      export MAKEFLAGS=-j3
      echo    "$FOPT$FDOPT"
 if [[ -z "$TRAVIS_HOME" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p ../bin/LINUX64
+    gcc -o ../bin/LINUX64/depend.x config/depend.c
+    make nwchem_config
+    cd libext   && make V=-1  && cd ..
+    cd tools    && make V=-1  && cd ..
+    make USE_INTERNALBLAS=y deps_stamp  >& deps.log &
+    sleep 75s
+    echo tail deps.log '@@@'
+    tail -10  deps.log
+    echo done tail deps.log '@@@'
+    export QUICK_BUILD=1
     if [[ -z "$FOPT" ]]; then
 	make V=0   -j3
     else
@@ -105,6 +128,7 @@ if [[ -z "$TRAVIS_HOME" ]]; then
 else
     ../travis/sleep_loop.sh make V=1 FOPTIMIZE="$FOPT"  -j3
 fi
+     unset QUICK_BUILD
      cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/src/64to32blas 
      make
      cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/src
diff --git a/travis/config_nwchem.sh b/travis/config_nwchem.sh
index ae0a03b494..0748ccb78a 100755
--- a/travis/config_nwchem.sh
+++ b/travis/config_nwchem.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,16 @@ fi
  cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/src
      make nwchem_config
 if [[ ! -z "$USE_64TO32"  ]]; then
-     echo " CONVERSION 64_to_32"
-          make 64_to_32 CONVERT_ALL=y
+    echo " CONVERSION 64_to_32"
+    os=`uname`
+    echo output redirected to 64.log
+    if [[ "$os" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+        make 64_to_32  >& 64log 
+    else
+        make 64_to_32 CONVERT_ALL=y >& 64log
+    fi
+    echo @@@@ tail 64log
+    tail -30 64log
+    echo @@@
 fi
 env