diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e6941620c2c..022ffb3562c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ matrix:
     - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci/travis_before_script_cpp.sh
     script:
     - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci/travis_script_integration.sh
+  - language: node_js
+    os: linux
+    node_js: node
+    before_script:
+    - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci/travis_before_script_js.sh
+    script:
+    - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci/travis_script_js.sh
 
 before_install:
 - ulimit -c unlimited -S
diff --git a/ci/travis_before_script_js.sh b/ci/travis_before_script_js.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..304c48137aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/travis_before_script_js.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+
+
+set -ex
+
+source $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci/travis_env_common.sh
+source $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci/travis_install_conda.sh
+
+# Download flatbuffers
+export FLATBUFFERS_HOME=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/flatbuffers
+conda create -y -q -p $FLATBUFFERS_HOME python=2.7 flatbuffers
+export PATH="$FLATBUFFERS_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+
+npm install -g typescript
+npm install -g webpack
+
+pushd $ARROW_JS_DIR
+
+npm install
+npm run build
+
+popd
diff --git a/ci/travis_env_common.sh b/ci/travis_env_common.sh
index 5593f0079f4..3515314722b 100755
--- a/ci/travis_env_common.sh
+++ b/ci/travis_env_common.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export ARROW_CPP_DIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/cpp
 export ARROW_PYTHON_DIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/python
 export ARROW_C_GLIB_DIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/c_glib
 export ARROW_JAVA_DIR=${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/java
+export ARROW_JS_DIR=${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/js
 export ARROW_INTEGRATION_DIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/integration
 
 export ARROW_CPP_INSTALL=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/cpp-install
diff --git a/ci/travis_script_js.sh b/ci/travis_script_js.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..52ac3b9bdf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/travis_script_js.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+
+set -e
+
+JS_DIR=${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/js
+
+pushd $JS_DIR
+
+npm test
+
+popd