diff --git a/src/tests/frontend/travis/adminrunner.sh b/src/tests/frontend/travis/adminrunner.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+pecho() { printf %s\\n "$*"; }
+log() { pecho "$@"; }
+error() { log "ERROR: $@" >&2; }
+fatal() { error "$@"; exit 1; }
+try() { "$@" || fatal "'$@' failed"; }
+
+[ -n "${SAUCE_USERNAME}" ] || fatal "SAUCE_USERNAME is unset - exiting"
+[ -n "${SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY}" ] || fatal "SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY is unset - exiting"
+
+# Move to the Etherpad base directory.
+MY_DIR=$(try cd "${0%/*}" && try pwd -P) || exit 1
+try cd "${MY_DIR}/../../../.."
+
+log "Assuming src/bin/installDeps.sh has already been run"
+node node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/node/server.js --experimental-worker "${@}" &
+ep_pid=$!
+
+log "Waiting for Etherpad to accept connections (http://localhost:9001)..."
+connected=false
+can_connect() {
+    curl -sSfo /dev/null http://localhost:9001/ || return 1
+    connected=true
+}
+now() { date +%s; }
+start=$(now)
+while [ $(($(now) - $start)) -le 15 ] && ! can_connect; do
+    sleep 1
+done
+[ "$connected" = true ] \
+    || fatal "Timed out waiting for Etherpad to accept connections"
+log "Successfully connected to Etherpad on http://localhost:9001"
+
+# start the remote runner
+try cd "${MY_DIR}"
+log "Starting the remote runner..."
+node remote_runner.js admin
+exit_code=$?
+
+kill "$(cat /tmp/sauce.pid)"
+kill "$ep_pid" && wait "$ep_pid"
+log "Done."
+exit "$exit_code"