diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index cb771ea6..0bae58fd 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-^.*\.Rproj$
-^\.Rproj\.user$
-README.md
-cheat_sheet
-test_case
-^appveyor\.yml$
+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
+README.md
+cheat_sheet
+test_case
+^appveyor\.yml$
+^\.travis\.yml$
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf9e98bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# R for travis: see documentation at https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/r
+
+language: R
+sudo: false
+cache: packages
+
+r_packages:
+  - covr
+
+after_success:
+  - Rscript -e 'library(covr); codecov()'