diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 64c80238c7d..83e0af70704 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ after_success:
 cache:
   directories:
     - node_modules
-    - $HOME/.pub-cache
+    - tools/screenshot-test/functions/node_modules
diff --git a/scripts/ci/after-success.sh b/scripts/ci/after-success.sh
index 599f097f2ce..d16f853087e 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/after-success.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/after-success.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/../..
 # If not running as a PR, wait for all other travis modes to finish.
 if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" = "false" ] && $(npm bin)/travis-after-modes; then
   echo "All travis modes passed. Publishing the build artifacts..."
-  ./scripts/release/publish-build-artifacts.sh
-  ./scripts/release/publish-docs-content.sh
-fi
+  echo ""
+
+  # Build Material, CDK and the docs before publishing artifacts
+  $(npm bin)/gulp material:build-release:clean
+  $(npm bin)/gulp material-examples:build-release
+  $(npm bin)/gulp docs
+
+  # Run publishing of artifacts in parallel. This is possible because the output has been built before.
+  ./scripts/release/publish-build-artifacts.sh --no-build &
+  ./scripts/release/publish-docs-content.sh --no-build &
+
+  # Deploy the screenshot functions for each push build.
+  ./scripts/release/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh &
+
+  wait
+#fi
diff --git a/scripts/release/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh b/scripts/release/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1aad23bda36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Go to the project root directory
+cd $(dirname ${0})/../..
+
+# Install node modules for screenshot functions. Firebase CLI needs to execute the functions
+# before it can collect all functions and deploy them.
+(cd tools/screenshot-test/functions; npm install)
+
+if [ -z ${MATERIAL2_SCREENSHOT_ACCESS_TOKEN} ]; then
+  echo "Error: No access token for firebase specified." \
+       "Please set the environment variable 'MATERIAL2_SCREENSHOT_ACCESS_TOKEN'."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Deploy the screenshot functions to Firebase
+$(npm bin)/firebase deploy --only functions --token ${MATERIAL2_SCREENSHOT_ACCESS_TOKEN}
diff --git a/scripts/release/publish-build-artifacts.sh b/scripts/release/publish-build-artifacts.sh
index 84ab73dba8a..46c48e53f1b 100755
--- a/scripts/release/publish-build-artifacts.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/publish-build-artifacts.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ cd $(dirname ${0})/../..
 PACKAGES=(cdk material)
 REPOSITORIES=(cdk-builds material2-builds)
 
+# Command line arguments.
+COMMAND_ARGS=${*}
+
 # Function to publish artifacts of a package to Github.
 #   @param ${1} Name of the package
 #   @param ${2} Repository name of the package.
@@ -30,8 +33,10 @@ publishPackage() {
   repoUrl="https://github.com/angular/${packageRepo}.git"
   repoDir="tmp/${packageRepo}"
 
-  # Create a release of the current repository.
-  $(npm bin)/gulp ${packageName}:build-release:clean
+  if [[ ! ${COMMAND_ARGS} == *--no-build* ]]; then
+    # Create a release of the current repository.
+    $(npm bin)/gulp ${packageName}:build-release:clean
+  fi
 
   # Prepare cloning the builds repository
   rm -rf ${repoDir}
diff --git a/scripts/release/publish-docs-content.sh b/scripts/release/publish-docs-content.sh
index b4a757d16d8..62105135346 100755
--- a/scripts/release/publish-docs-content.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/publish-docs-content.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ repoPath="/tmp/material2-docs-content"
 repoUrl="https://github.com/angular/material2-docs-content"
 examplesSource="./dist/docs/examples"
 
-$(npm bin)/gulp material-examples:build-release:clean
-$(npm bin)/gulp docs
+if [[ ! ${*} == *--no-build* ]]; then
+  $(npm bin)/gulp material-examples:build-release:clean
+  $(npm bin)/gulp docs
+fi
 
 # Get git meta info for commit
 commitSha="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"