diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e1bd940a3997ba4033a19462d291b4f719901b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+language: cpp
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.ccache
+    - $HOME/.cache/pip
+    - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build/third_party
+sudo: required
+dist: trusty
+os:
+  - linux
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+      - gcc-4.8
+      - g++-4.8
+      - git
+      - python
+      - python-pip
+      - python2.7-dev
+      - python-wheel
+      - clang-format-3.8
+      - ccache
+notifications:
+  email:
+    on_success: change
+    on_failure: always
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b4e6b67b22386444418d8f17d08311de87096c10..064e6b2076302eb72c6d02669a4de1a8b6be729a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ add_executable(vl_test
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/visualdl/backend/utils/filesystem.h
         )
 target_link_libraries(vl_test storage im gtest glog protobuf gflags pthread)
+
+enable_testing ()
+
+add_test(NAME vstest COMMAND vl_test)