diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d845621..bd4b160 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ language: c
 compiler:
   - gcc
   - clang
+script: autoreconf -f -i && ./configure && make check
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4607125..08757bf 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Jansson README
 ==============
 
+|travis|_
+
+.. |travis| image:: https://travis-ci.org/akheron/jansson.png
+.. _travis: https://travis-ci.org/akheron/jansson
+
 Jansson_ is a C library for encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON
 data. Its main features and design principles are: