diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e9aff893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+tasks:
+  - init: ./gradlew build
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 71c7d81d0..6d58577b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[![Gitpod ready-to-code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Gitpod-ready--to--code-blue?logo=gitpod)](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/vavr-io/vavr)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
 [![GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/vavr-io/vavr.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/vavr-io/vavr/releases)
 [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/io.vavr/vavr/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](http://search.maven.org/#search|gav|1|g:"io.vavr"%20AND%20a:"vavr")