diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3391bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+language: go
+
+# this should be exactly the same as what's in the Dockerfile
+go: 1.3
+
+# let us have pretty experimental Docker-based Travis workers
+sudo: false
+
+env:
+    - _GOOS=linux _GOARCH=amd64
+    - _GOOS=darwin _GOARCH=amd64
+    - _GOOS=windows _GOARCH=amd64
+
+install:
+    - env | sort
+    - gvm cross "$_GOOS" "$_GOARCH"
+    - export GOOS="$_GOOS" GOARCH="$_GOARCH"
+    - go env
+    - go get -d -v ./...
+
+script:
+    # TODO - some gofmt magic
+    - go build -v ./...
+    # TODO - go test -v ./... # (we first need to skip all the meaty vbox tests when "VBoxManage" isn't available, or mock it)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 846a169..3beabed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ the same as the command-line flags with long names.
 
 ## Contribution
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/boot2docker/boot2docker-cli.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/boot2docker/boot2docker-cli)
+
 We are implementing the same process as [Docker merge
 approval](https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#merge-approval),
 so all commits need to be done via pull requests, and will need three or more