diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 77e7395118c..1e7786a0104 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jdk:
 install:
   - # download deps with maven
   - mvn dependency:resolve
-  - pip install --user CommonMark requests
+  - pip install --user CommonMark requests pygithub
   - sudo apt-get install xmlstarlet
   
 script: |
diff --git a/chore/revapi_tpl.ftl b/chore/revapi_tpl.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..627cb7b09f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chore/revapi_tpl.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Revapi Analysis results
+
+Old API: **<#list analysis.oldApi.archives as archive>${archive.name}<#sep>, </#list>**
+
+New API: **<#list analysis.newApi.archives as archive>${archive.name}<#sep>, </#list>**
+
+Detected changes: ${reports?size}.
+
+<#list reports as report>
+<#list report.differences as diff>
+## Change ${report?index+1}
+
+| Name | Element |
+| :---: | :---: |
+| Old | ${report.oldElement!"none"} |
+| New | ${report.newElement!"none"} |
+| Code | ${diff.code} |
+| Description | ${diff.description!"none"} |
+| Breaking | <#list diff.classification?keys as compat>${compat?lower_case}: ${diff.classification?api.get(compat)?lower_case}<#sep>, </#list> |
+</#list>
+<#sep>
+
+</#sep>
+</#list>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/chore/revapy.py b/chore/revapy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd195c4493a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chore/revapy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Retrieve revapi report from target and publish it as PR comment
+# This script intends to be launched by a webhooks and take as parameter the hook payload
+# see: https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/events/types/#pullrequestevent
+
+import os, sys, json
+from github import *
+
+revapi_file = "./target/revapi_report.md"
+
+args = sys.argv
+
+def usage():
+    print "Usage: "+str(args[0])+ " <github_login> <github_token> <PR_payload_path>"
+    exit(1)
+
+if (args.__len__() < 4):
+    print "Error in the args number"
+    usage()
+
+if (not(os.path.isfile(revapi_file))):
+    print "Revapi report file cannot be found at the following location: "+revapi_file
+    exit(1)
+
+if (not(os.path.isfile(args[3]))):
+    print "JSON payload file cannot be found at the following location: "+args[3]
+    exit(1)
+
+file_content = ""
+with open(revapi_file) as f:
+    for line in f:
+        file_content += line
+
+if (file_content == ""):
+    print "Revapi report is empty"
+    exit(1)
+
+login = args[1]
+token = args[2]
+
+try:
+    gh = Github(login,token)
+except GithubException as e:
+    print "Error while connecting to github, are you sure about your credentials?"
+    print e
+    exit(1)
+
+payload_string = ""
+with open(args[3]) as f:
+    for line in f:
+        payload_string += line
+
+if (payload_string == ""):
+    print "Payload is empty"
+    exit(1)
+
+payloadJSON = json.loads(payload_string)
+repo_name = payloadJSON['repository']['full_name']
+pr_id = payloadJSON['pull_request']['number']
+
+try:
+    repo = gh.get_repo(repo_name,True)
+
+    pr = repo.get_pull(pr_id)
+    pr.create_issue_comment(file_content)
+except GithubException as e:
+    print "Error while creating the PR comment."
+    print e
+    exit(1)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1dce23aa4b0..ec55bf84ab8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@
       <name>Maven Repository for JDT Compiler release</name>
       <url>http://spoon.gforge.inria.fr/repositories/releases</url>
     </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>gforge.inria.fr-snapshot</id>
+      <name>Maven Repository for Spoon Snapshots</name>
+      <url>http://spoon.gforge.inria.fr/repositories/snapshots</url>
+    </repository>
   </repositories>
 
   <distributionManagement>
@@ -482,8 +487,35 @@
 	</executions>
       </plugin>
 
+      <!-- Used for checking backward compatibility (binary and source) -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.revapi</groupId>
+        <artifactId>revapi-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- Lock down plugin version for build reproducibility -->
+        <version>0.8.1</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.revapi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>revapi-java</artifactId>
+            <version>0.13.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.revapi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>revapi-reporter-text</artifactId>
+            <version>0.7.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <configuration>
+          <alwaysCheckForReleaseVersion>false</alwaysCheckForReleaseVersion>
+          <oldVersion>LATEST</oldVersion>
+          <analysisConfigurationFiles>
+            <file>${project.basedir}/revapi.json</file>
+          </analysisConfigurationFiles>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
 
+
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
         <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings
diff --git a/revapi.json b/revapi.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fb8260a37b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/revapi.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "revapi": {
+    // use java module
+    // Doc there: http://revapi.org/modules/revapi-java/extensions/java.html
+    "java": {
+
+      // filter rules to compare API
+      "filter": {
+
+        // specify which package to filter
+        "packages": {
+          "regex": true,
+          "include": ["spoon\\..*"],
+          "exclude": ["spoon\\..*\\.test(\\..*)?"]
+        },
+
+        // Exclude all impl classes
+        "classes": {
+          "regex": true,
+          "exclude": [".*Impl.*"]
+        }
+
+      },
+      "reportUsesFor": ["java.missing.newClass", "java.missing.oldClass"]
+    },
+
+    "reporter" : {
+      "text" : {
+        "minSeverity": "BREAKING",
+        "output" : "target/revapi_report.md",
+        "template": "chore/revapi_tpl.ftl",
+        "append": false
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderHelper.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderHelper.java
index 0f6304518af..90950f24109 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderHelper.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 import static spoon.support.compiler.jdt.JDTTreeBuilderQuery.getModifiers;
 import static spoon.support.compiler.jdt.JDTTreeBuilderQuery.isLhsAssignment;
 
-class JDTTreeBuilderHelper {
+public class JDTTreeBuilderHelper {
 	private final JDTTreeBuilder jdtTreeBuilder;
 
 	JDTTreeBuilderHelper(JDTTreeBuilder jdtTreeBuilder) {