diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e747cd59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+language: go
+
+install: make deps
+
+script: make
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 956bf214..22917799 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,3 +46,6 @@ arm6:
 	$(call add-files,$(ARM6))
 	mv oragono $(ARM6)
 	cd $(ARM6) && tar -czvf ../oragono-$(VERS)-arm.tgz *
+
+deps:
+	go get -v -d
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b9835795..0e90ddc6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ The `stable` branch contains the latest release. You can run this for a producti
 
 #### Building
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/oragono/oragono.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/oragono/oragono)
+
 Clone the appropriate branch. From the root folder, run `make` to generate all release files for all of our target OSes:
 ```
 make