diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e5189a33..df2c4203 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ language: objective-c
 osx_image: xcode10
 
 # Build dependencies
+# Travis has trouble with python3, which SPIRV-Tools requires,
+# so skip the SPIRV-Tools build, and use templeted headers instead.
 install:
-  - brew install python3
-  - pip3 install virtualenv
-  - virtualenv -p python3 .
-  - ./fetchDependencies -v
+  - ./fetchDependencies --skip-spirv-tools-build
 
 # Cache built deps
 cache:
diff --git a/Docs/Whats_New.md b/Docs/Whats_New.md
index 9c4c3ddd..fbca82fe 100644
--- a/Docs/Whats_New.md
+++ b/Docs/Whats_New.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Released TBD
 
 - On iOS GPU family 2 and earlier, support immutable depth-compare samplers 
   as constexpr samplers hardcoded in MSL.
+- Skip SPIRV-Tools build in Travis.
 
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 046524c4..72d7fd14 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ on which **MoltenVK** relies:
 1. Ensure you have `cmake` and `python3` installed:
 
 		brew install cmake
-		brew install python
+		brew install python3
 
    For faster dependency builds, you can also optionally install `ninja`:
 
diff --git a/Templates/spirv-tools/build.zip b/Templates/spirv-tools/build.zip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2434da03
Binary files /dev/null and b/Templates/spirv-tools/build.zip differ
diff --git a/fetchDependencies b/fetchDependencies
index 92e2ec6a..89ad70e3 100755
--- a/fetchDependencies
+++ b/fetchDependencies
@@ -4,29 +4,32 @@
 #
 # fetchDependencies - Retrieves the correct versions of all dependencies
 #
-# macOS usage: ./fetchDependencies [-v] [--debug] [--v-headers-root path] [--spirv-cross-root path] [--glslang-root path]
+# macOS usage: ./fetchDependencies [-v] [--debug] [--skip-spirv-tools-build]
+#                                  [--v-headers-root path] [--spirv-cross-root path] [--glslang-root path]
 #
-#      --v-headers-root path
-#              "path" specifies a directory path to a
-#              KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers repository.
-#              This repository does not have to be built.
-#
-#      --spirv-cross-root path
-#              "path" specifies a directory path to a
-#              KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross repository.
-#              This repository does not have to be built.
+#      --debug
+#              Build the external libraries in Debug mode, which may be useful when debugging
+#              and tracing calls into those libraries.
 #
 #      --glslang-root path
-#              "path" specifies a directory path to a KhronosGroup/glslang
-#              repository.  This repository does need to be built and the
-#              build directory must be in the specified directory.
-#              It should be built the same way this script builds it.
+#              "path" specifies a directory path to a KhronosGroup/glslang repository.
+#              This repository does need to be built and the build directory must be in the
+#              specified directory. It should be built the same way this script builds it.
+#
+#      --skip-spirv-tools-build
+#              Skip the spirv-tools build and install a template of pre-generated SPIRV-Tools header files
+#              instead. The primary purpose of this is to allow Travis CI to skip the SPIRV-Tools build
+#              because Travis cannot support the required use of Python3 by the SPIRV-Tools build.
+#
+#      --spirv-cross-root path
+#              "path" specifies a directory path to a KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Cross repository.
+#              This repository does not have to be built.
 #
 #      -v      verbose output
 #
-#      --debug
-#              Build the external libraries in Debug mode, which may be useful
-#              when debugging and tracing calls into those libraries.
+#      --v-headers-root path
+#              "path" specifies a directory path to a KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers repository.
+#              This repository does not have to be built.
 #
 
 set -o errexit
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ XC_BUILD_VERBOSITY="-quiet"
 V_HEADERS_ROOT=""
 SPIRV_CROSS_ROOT=""
 GLSLANG_ROOT=""
+SKIP_SPV_TLS_BLD=""
 
 while (( "$#" )); do
   case "$1" in
@@ -49,6 +53,10 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
          XC_BUILD_VERBOSITY=""
          shift 1
          ;;
+       --skip-spirv-tools-build)
+         SKIP_SPV_TLS_BLD="Y"
+         shift 1
+         ;;
        --v-headers-root)
          V_HEADERS_ROOT=$2
          shift 2
@@ -220,8 +228,15 @@ else
 	cd -  > /dev/null
 fi
 
-#Make sure the embedded spirv-tools is built
-build_repo "${REPO_NAME}/External/spirv-tools"
+# Build the embedded spirv-tools, or use option of pre-generated headers
+SPV_TLS_DIR="${REPO_NAME}/External/spirv-tools"
+if [ ! "$SKIP_SPV_TLS_BLD" = "" ]; then
+	unzip -o -q -d "${SPV_TLS_DIR}" ../Templates/spirv-tools/build.zip
+	rm -rf "${SPV_TLS_DIR}/__MACOSX"
+else
+	build_repo "${SPV_TLS_DIR}"
+fi
+
 
 
 # ----------------- Vulkan-Tools -------------------