diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 61e206e4..dd848724 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 language: "ruby"
 rvm:
+  - "1.8"
   - "1.9"
   - "2.0"
   - "2.1"
@@ -13,3 +14,5 @@ matrix:
       gemfile: "gemfiles/Gemfile.yajl-ruby.x"
     - rvm: "2.1"
       gemfile: "gemfiles/Gemfile.uuidtools.x"
+  allow_failures:
+    - rvm: "1.8"
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6cbb9dea..bcecfce2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gemspec
 
+gem "json", platform: :ruby_18
+
 group :development do
   gem "rake"
 end
diff --git a/test/test_common_test_suite.rb b/test/test_common_test_suite.rb
index 34041a41..f8318349 100644
--- a/test/test_common_test_suite.rb
+++ b/test/test_common_test_suite.rb
@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ class CommonTestSuiteTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         test["tests"].each do |t|
           err_id = "#{rel_file}: #{base_description}/#{t['description']}"
 
-          define_method("test_#{err_id}") do
-            skip "Known incompatibility with common test suite" if IGNORED_TESTS.include?(rel_file)
-
-            assert_nothing_raised("Exception raised running #{err_id}") do
-              v = JSON::Validator.fully_validate(schema,
-                                                 t["data"],
-                                                 :validate_schema => true,
-                                                 :version => version
-                                                )
+          unless IGNORED_TESTS.include?(rel_file)
+            define_method("test_#{err_id}") do
+              assert_nothing_raised("Exception raised running #{err_id}") do
+                v = JSON::Validator.fully_validate(schema,
+                                                   t["data"],
+                                                   :validate_schema => true,
+                                                   :version => version
+                                                  )
+              end
+
+              assert_equal t["valid"], v.empty?, "Common test suite case failed: #{err_id}\n#{v}"
             end
-
-            assert_equal t["valid"],  v.empty?, "Common test suite case failed: #{err_id}\n#{v}"
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/test/test_custom_format.rb b/test/test_custom_format.rb
index 72261f23..f01a89c5 100644
--- a/test/test_custom_format.rb
+++ b/test/test_custom_format.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 class JSONSchemaCustomFormatTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
     @all_versions = ['draft1', 'draft2', 'draft3', 'draft4']
-    @format_proc = -> value { raise JSON::Schema::CustomFormatError.new("must be 42") unless value == "42" }
+    @format_proc = lambda { |value| raise JSON::Schema::CustomFormatError.new("must be 42") unless value == "42" }
     @schema_4 = {
       "$schema" => "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
       "properties" => {
diff --git a/test/test_ruby_schema.rb b/test/test_ruby_schema.rb
index 7e72675b..a823465f 100644
--- a/test/test_ruby_schema.rb
+++ b/test/test_ruby_schema.rb
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ def test_string_keys
 
   def test_symbol_keys
     schema = {
-      type: 'object',
-      required: ["a"],
-      properties: {
-        a: {type: "integer", default: 42},
-        b: {type: "integer"}
+      :type => 'object',
+      :required => ["a"],
+      :properties => {
+        :a => {:type => "integer", :default => 42},
+        :b => {:type => "integer"}
       }
     }
 
     data = {
-      a: 5
+      :a => 5
     }
 
     assert(JSON::Validator.validate(schema, data))
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ def test_symbol_keys
 
   def test_symbol_keys_in_hash_within_array
     schema = {
-      type: 'object',
-      properties: {
-        a: {
-          type: "array",
-          items: [
+      :type => 'object',
+      :properties => {
+        :a => {
+          :type => "array",
+          :items => [
             {
-              properties: {
-                b: {
-                  type: "integer"
+              :properties => {
+                :b => {
+                  :type => "integer"
                 }
               }
             }
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ def test_symbol_keys_in_hash_within_array
     }
 
     data = {
-      a: [
+      :a => [
         {
-          b: 1
+          :b => 1
         }
       ]
     }