diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 91114bf..112ad26 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ^.*\.Rproj$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
+^\.travis\.yml$
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d139ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# R for travis: see documentation at https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/r
+
+language: R
+sudo: false
+cache: packages