diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6e0592754..0a01c1a13 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Note that the example .travis.yml file for child projects lives in /install.
 sudo: true
 language: php
+dist: trusty
 
 php:
   - 5.6
@@ -24,7 +25,12 @@ notifications:
 
 addons:
   ssh_known_hosts:
-  - svn-5223.devcloud.hosting.acquia.com
+    - svn-5223.devcloud.hosting.acquia.com
+  apt:
+    packages:
+    - mysql-server-5.6
+    - mysql-client-core-5.6
+    - mysql-client-5.6
 
 before_install:
   # Decrypt private SSH key id_rsa_blt.enc, save as ~/.ssh/id_rsa_blt.
@@ -40,7 +46,7 @@ before_install:
   - echo "memory_limit=-1" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/conf.d/travis.ini
   - git config --global user.name "Travis-CI"
   - git config --global user.email "noreply@travis-ci.org"
-  - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE drupal;'
+  - mysql -u root -e 'CREATE DATABASE drupal;'
 
 install:
   # Load composer dependencies.
@@ -54,6 +60,12 @@ install:
   - nvm use 4.4.1
   # Initialize drupal console default configuration.
   - drupal init
+  # Initialize xvfb (see https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/gui-and-headless-browsers)
+  - sudo apt-get install xvfb
+  - export DISPLAY=:99.0
+  - sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start
+  # Installs chromedriver to vendor/bin.
+  - ./scripts/linux/install-chrome.sh $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/vendor/bin
 
 before_script:
   # Clear drush release history cache, to pick up new releases.
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 824210906..e93ecfb79 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Ensure that [Xcode](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12) is
 Then install the  minimum dependencies for BLT. The preferred method is via Homebrew, though you could install these yourself without a package manager.
 
         /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
-        brew install git composer drush
+        brew install php56 git composer drush
         composer global require "hirak/prestissimo:^0.3"
 
 If you'd like to create a VM with BLT, you will require the following additional libraries. If you'd like to use a LAMP stack other than Drupal VM, see [Local Development](readme/local-development.md).
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ If you'd like to create a VM with BLT, you will require the following additional
         brew install ansible
         brew cask install virtualbox vagrant
 
+If you'd like to execute Behat tests from the host machine, you will need Java:
+
+        brew cask install java
+
 ### Windows
 
 Windows is currently supported only when using the [Bash on Ubuntu on Windows](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about) feature available in the latest version of Windows 10.
diff --git a/phing/build.yml b/phing/build.yml
index 663d5fed6..269a6cc81 100644
--- a/phing/build.yml
+++ b/phing/build.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 behat:
   config: ${repo.root}/tests/behat/local.yml
+  haltonerror: true
+  strict: true
   profile: local
   # If true, `drush runserver` will be used for executing tests.
   run-server: false
   # This is used for ad-hoc creation of a server via `drush runserver`.
   server-url: http://127.0.0.1:8888
-  # If true, PhantomJS GhostDriver will be launched with Behat.
-  launch-phantom: true
+  # If true, Selenium standalone server will be launched with Behat.
+  launch-selenium: true
   # An array of paths with behat tests that should be executed.
   paths:
     # - ${docroot}/modules
-    # - ${docroot}/profiles
+    - ${docroot}/profiles
     - ${repo.root}/tests/behat
   tags: '~ajax'
   verbose: ${blt.verbose}
diff --git a/phing/tasks/setup.xml b/phing/tasks/setup.xml
index 1412dcb75..8dce1ca82 100644
--- a/phing/tasks/setup.xml
+++ b/phing/tasks/setup.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="setup:behat" description="Generates tests/behat/local.yml file for executing Behat tests locally.">
+    <mkdir dir="${reports.localDir}/behat"/>
     <echo>Attempting to generate tests/behat/local.yml.</echo>
     <copy file="${repo.root}/tests/behat/example.local.yml" tofile="${repo.root}/tests/behat/local.yml" verbose="true">
       <filterchain>
@@ -15,21 +16,6 @@
       </filterchain>
     </copy>
 
-    <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="php -r 'require &quot;./vendor/jakoch/phantomjs-installer/src/PhantomInstaller/PhantomBinary.php&quot;; $pb = new \PhantomInstaller\PhantomBinary(); echo $pb->getBin();'" checkreturn="false" returnProperty="phantomjs.missing" outputProperty="phantomjs.bin"/>
-    <if>
-      <or>
-        <istrue value="${phantomjs.missing}"/>
-        <not><available file="${composer.bin}/phantomjs"/></not>
-        <not><available file="${phantomjs.bin}"/></not>
-      </or>
-      <then>
-        <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="composer install-phantom" checkreturn="true" logoutput="true" passthru="true" level="${blt.exec_level}"/>
-      </then>
-      <else>
-        <echo>Found PhantomJS at ${phantomjs.bin}</echo>
-      </else>
-    </if>
-
     <property file="${repo.root}/tests/behat/local.yml" prefix="behatConfig"/>
     <if>
       <or>
diff --git a/phing/tasks/tests.xml b/phing/tasks/tests.xml
index 7ce54de9a..699f20cf9 100644
--- a/phing/tasks/tests.xml
+++ b/phing/tasks/tests.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
   <!-- If you experience 'Maximum function nesting level' errors in your PHP
        error log, set 'xdebug.max_nesting_level=1000' in php.ini. -->
-  <target name="tests:behat" depends="setup:behat, tests:run-server, tests:phantomjs:launch" description="Executes Behat all behat tests in behat.paths.">
+  <target name="tests:behat" depends="setup:behat, tests:run-server, tests:selenium:launch" description="Executes Behat all behat tests in behat.paths.">
     <mkdir dir="${reports.localDir}/behat"/>
     <foreach list="${behat.paths}" target="tests:behat:execute" param="behat.path"/>
-    <phingcall target="tests:phantomjs:kill"/>
+    <phingcall target="tests:selenium:kill"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="tests:behat:execute" description="Executes behat tests against specific path." hidden="true">
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
                config="${behat.config}"
                profile="${behat.profile}"
                verbose="${behat.verbose}"
-               strict="true"
-               haltonerror="false"
+               strict="${behat.strict}"
+               haltonerror="${behat.haltonerror}"
                returnProperty="behatPass"
                out="std,${reports.localDir}"
                format="pretty,junit"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
           <!-- A non-zero returns status indicates failure. -->
           <not><equals arg1="${behatPass}" arg2="0"/></not>
           <then>
-            <phingcall target="tests:phantomjs:kill"/>
+            <phingcall target="tests:selenium:kill"/>
             <fail message="One ore more Behat tests failed." />
           </then>
           <else>
@@ -58,30 +58,49 @@
     </if>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="tests:phantomjs:launch"
-          description="Launches a GhostDriver."
+  <target name="tests:selenium:launch"
+          description="Launches Selenium standalone server."
           hidden="true">
 
     <if>
-      <equals arg1="${behat.launch-phantom}" arg2="true"/>
+      <equals arg1="${behat.launch-selenium}" arg2="true"/>
       <then>
-        <echo message="Launching PhantomJS GhostDriver." />
-        <exec command="${composer.bin}/phantomjs --webdriver=4444"
+        <phingcall target="tests:selenium:kill"/>
+        <echo message="Launching Selenium standalone server." />
+        <touch file="${repo.root}/reports/selenium2.log"/>
+        <property name="reports.selenium2" value="${reports.localDir}/selenium2.log"/>
+        <exec command="${composer.bin}/selenium-server-standalone -port 4444 -log ${reports.selenium2}"
+              dir="${repo.root}"
               passthru="true"
               spawn="true"
               checkreturn="true"
-              level="${blt.exec_level}"/>
-        <echo message="Waiting 10 seconds for PhantomJS (http://127.0.0.1:4444) to become available."/>
-        <waitfor maxwait="10" maxwaitunit="second" checkevery="1" checkeveryunit="second">
-          <http url="http://127.0.0.1:4444"/>
+              level="${blt.exec_level}"
+              logoutput="false"/>
+        <echo>Selenium2 logs are being written to ${reports.selenium2}.</echo>
+        <echo message="Waiting 10 seconds for Selenium standalone server (http://127.0.0.1:4444) to become available."/>
+        <waitfor maxwait="10" maxwaitunit="second" checkevery="1" checkeveryunit="second" timeoutproperty="selenium.timedout">
+          <http url="http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub"/>
         </waitfor>
+
+        <if>
+          <equals arg1="${selenium.timedout}" arg2="true"/>
+          <then>
+            <fail>
+              Unable to start Selenium2 standalone server on http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub.
+            </fail>
+          </then>
+        </if>
       </then>
+      <else>
+        <echo>Not starting Selenium2 standalone server. Hope that you have something else setup!</echo>
+      </else>
     </if>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="tests:phantomjs:kill"
-          description="Launches a GhostDriver." hidden="true">
-    <exec command="pgrep phantomjs | xargs kill" logoutput="true" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true" />
+  <target name="tests:selenium:kill"
+          description="Kills Selenium standalone server process and any process running on port 4444." hidden="true">
+    <exec command="lsof -ti tcp:4444 | xargs kill" logoutput="false" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true" checkreturn="false" />
+    <exec command="pgrep selenium | xargs kill" logoutput="false" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true" checkreturn="false" />
   </target>
 
   <!-- Execute PHPUnit tests. -->
diff --git a/scripts/drupal-vm/config.yml b/scripts/drupal-vm/config.yml
index 6f5dd7151..219acb557 100644
--- a/scripts/drupal-vm/config.yml
+++ b/scripts/drupal-vm/config.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ npm_config_prefix: "/home/{{ drupalvm_user }}/.npm-global"
 installed_extras:
   - adminer
   - nodejs
+  - java
 
 # Use PHP 5.6 and change package names to work with 5.6.
 php_version: "5.6"
diff --git a/scripts/linux/install-chrome.sh b/scripts/linux/install-chrome.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c44581321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/linux/install-chrome.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Installs chromedriver and chrome for Linux 64 bit systems.
+# Requires Trusty or higher.
+# example usage `./install-chrome.sh usr/local/bin`
+
+# Scripts expect argument specifying bin dir.
+BIN_DIR=$1
+
+if [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 5)" == "Linux" ]; then
+  # Download google chrome.
+  wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
+  sudo dpkg -i --force-depends google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
+
+  # Installs chromedriver for Linux 64 bit systems.
+  wget -N http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.24/chromedriver_linux64.zip
+  unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip
+  chmod +x chromedriver
+  mv -f chromedriver $BIN_DIR
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/pipelines/acquia-pipelines.yml b/scripts/pipelines/acquia-pipelines.yml
index 72cc22eab..441ef4f81 100644
--- a/scripts/pipelines/acquia-pipelines.yml
+++ b/scripts/pipelines/acquia-pipelines.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,14 @@ events:
             type: script
             script:
               - export PATH=$PATH:$BUILD_DIR/vendor/bin
-              - drupal init
+              # Install chromedriver.
+              - ./vendor/acquia/blt/scripts/linux/chromedriver.sh $BUILD_DIR/vendor/bin
+              # Initialize xvfb (see https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/gui-and-headless-browsers)
+              - sudo apt-get install xvfb
+              - export DISPLAY=:99.0
+              - sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start
               #  The local.hostname must be set to 127.0.0.1:8888 because we are using drush runserver to test the site.
+              - drupal init
               - drupal yaml:update:value project.yml project.local.hostname '127.0.0.1:8888'
               - blt -Dbehat.run-server=true -Dcreate_alias=false -Dbehat.launch-phantom=true ci:build:validate:test
 
diff --git a/template/composer.json b/template/composer.json
index 9f5e9494b..de5e87a9f 100644
--- a/template/composer.json
+++ b/template/composer.json
@@ -21,25 +21,21 @@
         "drupal/search_api":                          "8.1.0-alpha14",
         "drupal/search_api_solr":                     "8.1.0-alpha3",
         "drupal/security_review":                     "8.*",
-        "drupal-composer/drupal-security-advisories": "8.0.x-dev",
-        "roave/security-advisories":                  "dev-master"
+        "drupal-composer/drupal-security-advisories": "8.0.x-dev"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "behat/behat":                  "3.0.*",
-        "behat/mink":                   "~1.7",
-        "behat/mink-browserkit-driver": "*",
-        "behat/mink-extension":         "*",
-        "behat/mink-goutte-driver":     "*",
-        "behat/mink-selenium2-driver":  "*",
-        "drupal/coder":                 "~8.2",
-        "drupal/drupal-extension":      "~3.0",
-        "drush/drush":                  "^9.0",
-        "drupal-composer/drupal-scaffold": "^2.0.0",
-        "jakoch/phantomjs-installer":   "dev-master as 1.9.8",
-        "jarnaiz/behat-junit-formatter": "^1.2",
-        "phing/phing":                  "~2",
-        "phpunit/phpunit":             "~5.4",
-        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer":    "2.*"
+        "behat/behat":                                "^3.0",
+        "behat/mink":                                 "~1.7",
+        "behat/mink-selenium2-driver":                "*",
+        "drupal/coder":                               "~8.2",
+        "drupal/drupal-extension":                    "^3.2",
+        "drush/drush":                                "^9.0",
+        "drupal-composer/drupal-scaffold":            "^2.0.0",
+        "jarnaiz/behat-junit-formatter":              "^1.2",
+        "phing/phing":                                "~2",
+        "phpunit/phpunit":                            "~5.4",
+        "se/selenium-server-standalone":              "^2.53",
+        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer":                  "2.*"
     },
     "autoload-dev": {
         "psr-4": {
@@ -60,6 +56,9 @@
             },
             "drupal/features": {
                 "Bundle support": "https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/features-2808303-2.patch"
+            },
+            "drupal/lightning": {
+                "Fix failing Behat test for Selenium": "https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/issue-158-selenium-behat-tests.patch"
             }
         }
     },
@@ -68,16 +67,6 @@
         "nuke": [
             "rm -rf vendor composer.lock",
             "@composer install"
-        ],
-        "install-phantomjs": [
-            "rm -rf vendor/bin/phantomjs",
-            "PhantomInstaller\\Installer::installPhantomJS"
-        ],
-        "post-install-cmd": [
-            "PhantomInstaller\\Installer::installPhantomJS"
-        ],
-        "post-update-cmd": [
-            "PhantomInstaller\\Installer::installPhantomJS"
         ]
     },
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
diff --git a/template/tests/behat/example.local.yml b/template/tests/behat/example.local.yml
index 87aae0422..5c7923e1c 100644
--- a/template/tests/behat/example.local.yml
+++ b/template/tests/behat/example.local.yml
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@ local:
       base_url: ${project.local.uri}
       # set default command for "Show last response" step.
       show_cmd: "open %s"
-      # ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR WEB DRIVERS
-      # use the following 3 lines to use phantomjs
-      # browser_name: phantomjs
-      # selenium2:
-      #   wd_host: "http://localhost:4444/wd/hub"
-      #   browser: chrome
-      #
       # use the following lines to disable SSL authentication for goutte.
       # goutte:
       #   guzzle_parameters: