diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..067046109e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+language: node_js
+node_js:
+  - "4"
+env:
+  - CXX=g++-4.8
+addons:
+  apt:
+    sources:
+      - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+      - mongodb-upstart
+      - mongodb-3.0-precise
+    packages:
+      - g++-4.8
+      - mongodb-org-server
+      - mongodb-org-shell
+services: mongodb
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## parse-server
 
+[![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/ParsePlatform/parse-server.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/ParsePlatform/parse-server)
+
 A Parse.com API compatible router package for Express
 
 Read the announcement blog post here:  http://blog.parse.com/announcements/introducing-parse-server-and-the-database-migration-tool/