diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 926ccaaf..66fb17dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 doc/tags
+*.lock
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ed483e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+language: ruby
+rvm:
+  - 1.9.3
+script: rake ci
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..088f22e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+gem 'vim-flavor', '~> 1.1'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 161b7e60..57cf16f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Lean & mean statusline for vim that's light as air.
 *  supports 7.2 as the minimum Vim version
 *  predictable release cycle; the master branch is experimental and may break from time to time, if you prefer stability, use the most recent tag which usually is released once every 2 weeks.
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/bling/vim-airline.png)](https://travis-ci.org/bling/vim-airline)
+
 # Straightforward customization
 
 If you don't like the defaults, you can replace all sections with standard `statusline` syntax.  Give your statusline that you've built over the years a face lift.
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..741cfc25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rake
+
+task :default => [:test]
+
+task :ci => [:dump, :test]
+
+task :dump do
+  sh 'vim --version'
+end
+
+task :test do
+  sh 'bundle exec vim-flavor test'
+end
+
diff --git a/t/init.vim b/t/init.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8aa4e1e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/init.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+for key in ['a', 'b', 'c', 'gutter', 'x', 'y', 'z', 'warning']
+  unlet! g:airline_section_{key}
+endfor
+call airline#init#bootstrap()
+
+describe 'init'
+  it 'section a should have mode, paste, iminsert'
+    Expect g:airline_section_a =~ 'mode'
+    Expect g:airline_section_a =~ 'paste'
+    Expect g:airline_section_a =~ 'iminsert'
+  end
+
+  it 'section b should have hunks and branch'
+    Expect g:airline_section_b =~ 'hunks'
+    Expect g:airline_section_b =~ 'branch'
+  end
+
+  it 'section c should be file'
+    Expect g:airline_section_c == '%<%f%m'
+  end
+
+  it 'section x should be filetype'
+    Expect g:airline_section_x =~ '&filetype'
+  end
+
+  it 'section y should be fenc and ff'
+    Expect g:airline_section_y =~ 'ff'
+    Expect g:airline_section_y =~ 'fenc'
+  end
+
+  it 'section z should be line numbers'
+    Expect g:airline_section_z =~ '%3p%%'
+    Expect g:airline_section_z =~ '%3l'
+    Expect g:airline_section_z =~ '%3c'
+  end
+end
+