diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbaf51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+language: c
+script: ./travis-tool.sh run_tests
+before_script:
+- curl -OL http://raw.github.com/craigcitro/r-travis/master/scripts/travis-tool.sh
+- chmod 755 ./travis-tool.sh
+- ./travis-tool.sh bootstrap
+- ./travis-tool.sh install_deps
+notifications:
+  hipchat:
+    rooms:
+      secure: DU0B2gH/NaZx0xT4NV0rTrpQpOiakbPzoCGTI9PWXl0bTuZJKvVVQ1tfic3bY1vswqxETdUWlPS2FqdjpxSV/nRB01+6LRqkYGMmwjoJeViMDxxOAAQMAZl0bT8Wc7ZHav1AjxmC47ijPymRinneVRLooIVkWaMp33UgIHJsQYI=
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index bccf751..2ab652a 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ URL: https://github.com/ropensci/rbhl
 BugReports: https://github.com/ropensci/rbhl/issues
 LazyLoad: true
 LazyData: true
-# VignetteBuilder: knitr
 Imports:
     httr,
     XML,
@@ -24,4 +23,4 @@ Imports:
 Suggests:
     testthat,
     roxygen2,
-    knitr
+    knitr
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7628eb..777515c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-# rbhl #
+rbhl
+====
+
+[![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/ropensci/rbhl.png)](https://travis-ci.org/ropensci/rbhl)
 
 This is an R interface to the Biodiversity Heritage Library API.