diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..508069e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+language: go
+
+go:
+  - 1.6
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc62a08..752bb13 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT:=1
 
 build: GOOS ?= darwin
 build: GOARCH ?= amd64
-build:
+build: test
 	rm -f kt
 	GOOS=${GOOS} GOARCH=${GOARCH} go build -ldflags "-X main.buildTime=`date --iso-8601=s` -X main.buildVersion=`git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c-7`" .
 
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ release-darwin:
 
 release: clean release-linux release-darwin
 
+test:
+	go test -v
+
 clean:
 	rm -f kt
 	rm -f kt-*.txz
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb66d99..dadc4e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Some reasons why you might be interested:
 * Fast start up time.
 * No buffering of output.
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/fgeller/kt.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/fgeller/kt)
+
 ## Usage:
 
     $ kt -help