diff --git a/jenkins/test.sh b/jenkins/test.sh
index 7475076086..fbc39903a0 100755
--- a/jenkins/test.sh
+++ b/jenkins/test.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ rake test_lms[false] || TESTS_FAILED=1
 rake test_common/lib/capa || TESTS_FAILED=1
 rake test_common/lib/xmodule || TESTS_FAILED=1
 
-# Run the jaavascript unit tests
+# Run the javascript unit tests
 rake phantomjs_jasmine_lms || TESTS_FAILED=1
 rake phantomjs_jasmine_cms || TESTS_FAILED=1
 rake phantomjs_jasmine_common/lib/xmodule || TESTS_FAILED=1
diff --git a/jenkins/test_acceptance.sh b/jenkins/test_acceptance.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba17713a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins/test_acceptance.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+git remote prune origin
+
+# Reset the submodule, in case it changed
+git submodule foreach 'git reset --hard HEAD'
+
+# Set the IO encoding to UTF-8 so that askbot will start
+export PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8
+
+if [ ! -d /mnt/virtualenvs/"$JOB_NAME" ]; then
+    mkdir -p /mnt/virtualenvs/"$JOB_NAME"
+    virtualenv /mnt/virtualenvs/"$JOB_NAME"
+fi
+
+export PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE=/mnt/pip-cache
+
+source /mnt/virtualenvs/"$JOB_NAME"/bin/activate
+pip install -q -r pre-requirements.txt
+yes w | pip install -q -r requirements.txt
+
+bundle install
+
+npm install
+
+rake clobber
+
+TESTS_FAILED=0
+
+# Assumes that Xvfb has been started by upstart
+# and is capturing display :1
+# The command for this is:
+# /usr/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1024x268x24
+# This allows us to run Chrome without a display
+export DISPLAY=:1
+
+# Run the lms and cms acceptance tests
+rake test_acceptance_lms || TESTS_FAILED=1
+rake test_acceptance_cms || TESTS_FAILED=1
+
+[ $TESTS_FAILED == '0' ]