diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8cb26c8e6..6031591f2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ rvm:
 jdk:
   - oraclejdk8
 
-install: bundle install --path=vendor/bundle --retry=3 --jobs=3
+install: bundle install --path=vendor/bundle --retry=3 --jobs=3 --without bench
 cache:
   directories:
     - vendor/bundle
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 35557ef05..cbadf9380 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: (@windows_platforms + [:jruby])
 group :bench do
   # https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/commit/cb4459580a6f4f37f629bf3185a5224c8624ca76
   gem 'benchmark-ips', require: false, group: :development
+  gem 'oj'
+  gem 'oj_mimic_json'
+  gem 'redis', require: false
+  gem 'readthis', require: false
+  gem 'hiredis', require: false
 end
 
 group :test do
diff --git a/test/benchmark/app.rb b/test/benchmark/app.rb
index bc0d3689a..bae3e2982 100644
--- a/test/benchmark/app.rb
+++ b/test/benchmark/app.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,19 @@ class BenchmarkApp < Rails::Application
   config.cache_classes = true
   # CONFIG: CACHE_ON={on,off}
   config.action_controller.perform_caching = ENV['CACHE_ON'] != 'off'
-  config.action_controller.cache_store = ActiveSupport::Cache.lookup_store(:memory_store)
+  # config.action_controller.cache_store = ActiveSupport::Cache.lookup_store(:memory_store)
+  require 'redis'
+  require 'readthis'
+  require 'oj'
+  Readthis.serializers << ::Oj
+
+  ENV['REDIS_URL'] = 'redis://localhost:6379/5'
+  config.action_controller.cache_store = :readthis_store, {
+    expires_in: 2.weeks.to_i,
+    marshal: ::Oj,
+    namespace: 'cache',
+    redis: { url: ENV.fetch('REDIS_URL'), driver: :hiredis }
+  }
 
   config.active_support.test_order = :random
   config.secret_token = 'S' * 30
diff --git a/test/benchmark/fixtures.rb b/test/benchmark/fixtures.rb
index c91e102d4..8bf11b511 100644
--- a/test/benchmark/fixtures.rb
+++ b/test/benchmark/fixtures.rb
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ class CachingHasOneRelationshipSerializer < HasOneRelationshipSerializer
 Rails.configuration.serializers << CachingHasOneRelationshipSerializer
 
 class CachingHasManyRelationshipSerializer < HasManyRelationshipSerializer
-  cache expires_in: 1.day, skip_digest: true
+  cache expires_in: 1.day.to_i, skip_digest: true
 end
 Rails.configuration.serializers << CachingHasManyRelationshipSerializer
 
 # see https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1690/commits/68715b8f99bc29677e8a47bb3f305f23c077024b#r60344532
 class CachingPrimaryResourceSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
-  cache key: 'primary_resource', expires_in: 0.1, skip_digest: true
+  cache key: 'primary_resource', expires_in: 1.day.to_i, skip_digest: true
 
   attributes :id, :title, :body
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class FragmentCachingHasManyRelationshipSerializer < HasManyRelationshipSerializ
 
 # see https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1690/commits/68715b8f99bc29677e8a47bb3f305f23c077024b#r60344532
 class FragmentCachingPrimaryResourceSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
-  cache key: 'primary_resource', expires_in: 0.1, skip_digest: true
+  cache key: 'primary_resource', expires_in: 1.day.to_i, skip_digest: true
 
   attributes :id, :title, :body