diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c36fb3cea6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+language: node_js
+node_js:
+  - 'iojs-v2.3.4'
+before_install:
+  - npm install -g npm@3
+  - npm config set loglevel error
+  - npm config -g list -l
+  - npm --version
+script: npm run-script ci
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - node_modules
+# Post build notifications to the Integrations Flowdock
+notifications:
+  flowdock: e3dc17bc8a2c1b3412abe3e5747f8291
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ca8457c8a8..f56316c946d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@
     "start": "gulp dev",
     "release": "gulp release",
     "test": "mocha",
+    "ci": "npm run check",
     "check": "mongodb-js-precommit",
     "fmt": "mongodb-js-fmt src/{**/*.js,*.js}"
   },
   "pre-commit": [
-    "check",
-    "test"
+    "check"
   ],
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",