diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d117034..e55e9f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 work/*
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
-.*
 *$py.class
 
 # C extensions
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bcf843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+language: python
+python: "3.6"
+cache: pip
+before_cache: rm -f $HOME/.cache/pip/log/debug.log
+install: pip install pytest-cldf
+script: pytest --cldf-metadata=cldf/cldf-metadata.json test.py