diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a0823c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+sudo: false
+
+language: c
+
+compiler:
+  - gcc
+  - clang
+
+env:
+    - RUNTIME=libicu
+    - RUNTIME=libidn2
+    - RUNTIME=libidn
+    - RUNTIME=no
+
+addons:
+    apt:
+        packages:
+            - automake
+            - autoconf
+            - autopoint
+            - libtool
+            - gtk-doc-tools
+            - gettext
+            - libidn11
+            - libidn11-dev
+            - libidn2-0
+            - libidn2-0-dev
+            - libicu48
+            - libicu-dev
+            - libunistring0
+            - libunistring-dev
+
+script:
+  - ./autogen.sh
+  - ./configure && make -j4 && make check -j4
+  - ./configure --enable-runtime=$RUNTIME --enable-builtin=libicu && make clean && make -j4 && make check -j4
+  - ./configure --enable-runtime=$RUNTIME --enable-builtin=libidn2 && make clean && make -j4 && make check -j4
+  - ./configure --enable-runtime=$RUNTIME --enable-builtin=libidn && make clean && make -j4 && make check -j4
+  - ./configure --enable-runtime=$RUNTIME --disable-builtin && make clean && make -j4 && make check -j4
+  - ./configure --enable-gtk-doc && make -j4 && make check -j4
+  - make distcheck
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 9de26f5..e714cf8 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
-# !/bin/sh -e
+#!/bin/sh -e
 
-AUTORECONF=`which autoreconf 2>/dev/null`
+AUTORECONF=$(which autoreconf 2>/dev/null || true)
 if test $? -ne 0; then
   echo "No 'autoreconf' found. You must install the autoconf package."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-GIT=`which git 2>/dev/null`
+GIT=$(which git 2>/dev/null || true)
 if test $? -ne 0; then
   echo "No 'git' found. You must install the git package."
   exit 1
 fi
 
 # create m4 before gtkdocize
-mkdir m4 2>/dev/null
+mkdir m4 2>/dev/null || true
 
-GTKDOCIZE=`which gtkdocize 2>/dev/null`
+GTKDOCIZE=$(which gtkdocize 2>/dev/null || true)
 if test $? -ne 0; then
   echo "No gtk-doc support found. You can't build the docs."
   # rm because gtk-doc.make might be a link to a protected file
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fi
 
 $GIT submodule init
 $GIT submodule update
-$AUTORECONF --install --force --symlink || exit $?
+$AUTORECONF --install --force --symlink
 
 echo
 echo "----------------------------------------------------------------"