diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+language: cpp
+
+before_install:
+ - sudo apt-get update -qq
+ - sudo apt-get install -qq autopoint libfuse-dev libboost-all-dev
+   librlog-dev
+
+script:
+ - autoreconf -if
+ - ./configure
+ - make
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # EncFS - an Encrypted Filesystem
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/rfjakob/encfs.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/rfjakob/encfs)
+
 ## About
 
 EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs in userspace,