diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8ced863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+language: cpp
+sudo: required
+dist: bionic
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-8
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-8 && CXX=g++-8"
+      compiler:
+        - gcc
+before_install:
+- eval "${MATRIX_EVAL}"
+- sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake cmake libboost-all-dev libconfig++-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libavformat-dev ffmpeg libmagick++-dev libpstreams-dev libconfig++-dev libpstreams-dev libtag1-dev
+- git clone https://github.com/emweb/wt.git wt
+- pushd wt;
+- git checkout 4.1.0
+- cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr && sudo make install
+- popd
+script: autoreconf -vfi && CXXFLAGS="-Wall -Wextra -Werror" ./configure && make distcheck
+env:
+  global:
+    - MAKEFLAGS="-j 2"
+after_failure:
+  - cat config.log
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac59afd5..d8a8bf97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # LMS - Lightweight Music Server
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/epoupon/lms.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/epoupon/lms)
+
 _LMS_ is a self-hosted music streaming software: access your music collection from anywhere using a web interface!
 
 A [demo](http://lms.demo.poupon.io) instance is available, with the following limitations: