diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5bd8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+dist: trusty
+sudo: required
+
+language: go
+
+go:
+  - 1.7
+  - tip
+
+go_import_path: github.com/docker/containerd
+
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+      - btrfs-tools
+
+install:
+  - wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v3.1.0/protoc-3.1.0-linux-x86_64.zip -O /tmp/protoc-3.1.0-linux-x86_64.zip
+  - unzip -o -d /tmp/protobuf /tmp/protoc-3.1.0-linux-x86_64.zip
+  - export PATH=$PATH:/tmp/protobuf/bin/
+  - go get -d ./...
+  - go get -u github.com/golang/lint/golint
+  - go get -u github.com/stretchr/testify/assert
+
+script:
+  - sudo PATH=$PATH GOPATH=$GOPATH make binaries coverage
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dba8820..bb58936 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # containerd
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/docker/containerd.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/docker/containerd)
 
 containerd is an industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability. It is available as a daemon for Linux and Windows, which can manage the complete container lifecycle of its host system: image transfer and storage, container execution and supervision, low-level storage and network attachments, etc..