diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7bf0a8fe..04dfbede4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ djangorestframework.egg-info/*
 MANIFEST
 
 !.gitignore
+!.travis.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45d5ce132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+language: python
+python:
+  - "2.5"
+  - "2.6"
+  - "2.7"
+# command to install dependencies, e.g. pip install -r requirements.txt --use-mirrors
+install: pip install -r travis-requirements.txt
+# command to run tests, e.g. python setup.py test
+script:  python setup.py test
diff --git a/travis-requirements.txt b/travis-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..290d4a1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+django==1.4.1
+django-staticfiles>=1.1.2
+coverage==3.4
+URLObject>=0.6.0
+unittest-xml-reporting==1.2
+Pyyaml==3.10
+# Optional packages:    
+markdown