diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..274a6d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+language: go
+
+script:
+     - make test
diff --git a/Makefile.INCLUDE b/Makefile.INCLUDE
index b5eb9dea..b020b45b 100644
--- a/Makefile.INCLUDE
+++ b/Makefile.INCLUDE
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ endif
 
 MAKEFILE_DIR ?= $(realpath $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 
-GO_VERSION ?= 1.4.1
+GO_VERSION ?= 1.4.2
 GOURL      ?= https://golang.org/dl
 GOPKG      ?= go$(GO_VERSION).$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH)$(RELEASE_SUFFIX).tar.gz
 GOROOT     := $(MAKEFILE_DIR)/.deps/go
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 306bba14..46c14327 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Alertmanager.
 
 ## Running tests
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/prometheus/alertmanager.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/prometheus/alertmanager)
+
     make test
 
 ## Caveats and roadmap