diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac015e141..f2faa7cea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 
 src/.DS_Store
+
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ea65abc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+language: cpp
+
+compiler:
+  - clang
+
+before_script:
+  - autoreconf -iv
+  - ./configure
+
+script:
+  - make
+  - make check