diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ee5a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+language: python
+python:
+  - 2.7
+addons:
+  postgresql: "9.1"
+before_script:
+  - createdb sugardough_db
+install:
+  - pip install tox cookiecutter
+env:
+  - TOX_ENV=flake8
+  - TOX_ENV=docs
+  - TOX_ENV=tests
+script:
+  ./bin/test_sugardough.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38edce5..2996983 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Features:
  * [peep](https://github.com/erikrose/peep) ready.
 
 [![Requirements Status](https://requires.io/github/mozilla/sugardough/requirements.svg?branch=master)](https://requires.io/github/mozilla/sugardough/requirements/?branch=master)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mozilla/sugardough.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/mozilla/sugardough)
 
 Create a sugardough project
 ---------------------------
diff --git a/bin/fabricate-cookiecutter.py b/bin/fabricate-cookiecutter.py
index fed4a3f..ae6c2ce 100755
--- a/bin/fabricate-cookiecutter.py
+++ b/bin/fabricate-cookiecutter.py
@@ -48,5 +48,3 @@ def global_replace(FROM, TO, dry_run=False):
 new_dirname = new_dirname.replace('sugardough', '{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}')
 new_full_path = os.path.join(BASEDIR, new_dirname)
 shutil.move(DOUGHDIR_TEMP, new_full_path)
-
-
diff --git a/bin/test_sugardough.sh b/bin/test_sugardough.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f6c5a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/test_sugardough.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+TDIR=`mktemp -d`
+cp cookiecutter.json $TDIR/
+cd $TDIR
+cookiecutter --no-input $OLDPWD
+cd sugardough
+tox -e $TOX_ENV
diff --git a/sugardough/.gitignore b/sugardough/.gitignore
index b65fd70..5fe61f6 100644
--- a/sugardough/.gitignore
+++ b/sugardough/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 docs/_build
 .tox/
 MANIFEST
+.coverage
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.gitignore b/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.gitignore
index b65fd70..5fe61f6 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.gitignore	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.gitignore	
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 docs/_build
 .tox/
 MANIFEST
+.coverage