diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd7c24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+language: go
+services:
+  - docker
+script:
+- make build
+- test -f bin/amd64/myapp
+- make container
+- docker images | grep thockin/myapp-amd64
+- make test
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Go app template build environment
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/thockin/go-build-template.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/thockin/go-build-template) 
 
 This is a skeleton project for a Go application, which captures the best build
 techniques I have learned to date.  It uses a Makefile to drive the build (the