diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53c2a28973..3b63c5fa17 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 env/
+gittip.egg-info/
+*~
 *.pyc
 local.env
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a17924abc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+language: python
+script: make test