diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..90e5a73c4d0fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+
+sudo: required
+
+language:
+- c
+
+jobs:
+  include:
+    - os: linux
+      dist: bionic
+      env: TEST_M32=0
+    - os: linux
+      dist: bionic
+      env: TEST_M32=1
+    - os: osx
+      env: TEST_M32=0
+
+install:
+- true
+
+script:
+- ./tools/travis/travis.sh
diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/ostest/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/ostest/defconfig
index 19068e61de90f..b3ddf5d5f9bf0 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/ostest/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/ostest/defconfig
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="sim"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_SIM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="sim"
 CONFIG_ARCH_SIM=y
+CONFIG_BOARDCTL_POWEROFF=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=100
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_FS_NAMED_SEMAPHORES=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=4096
+CONFIG_LIB_BOARDCTL=y
 CONFIG_MAX_TASKS=64
 CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=32
 CONFIG_PTHREAD_MUTEX_TYPES=y
@@ -27,5 +29,6 @@ CONFIG_START_MONTH=2
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2007
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST_LOOPS=100
+CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST_POWEROFF=y
 CONFIG_USERMAIN_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_USER_ENTRYPOINT="ostest_main"
diff --git a/tools/travis/travis.sh b/tools/travis/travis.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..d4ab74eded602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/travis/travis.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+HOSTOS=$(uname -s)
+
+case $HOSTOS in
+	Linux)
+		sudo apt-get update -q
+		sudo apt-get install -y gperf
+		if [ $TEST_M32 -ne 0 ]; then
+			sudo apt-get install -y gcc-multilib
+		fi
+		MAKE=make
+		CONFIGURE_HOSTOS=-l
+		;;
+	Darwin)
+		MAKE=make
+		CONFIGURE_HOSTOS=-m
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo Unknown OS: $HOSTOS
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+ORIG_DIR=$(pwd)
+
+cd ..
+git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx-apps apps
+git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/nuttx/tools
+
+cd tools/kconfig-frontends
+./configure --disable-kconfig --disable-nconf --disable-qconf \
+	--disable-gconf --disable-mconf --disable-static --disable-shared \
+	--disable-L10n --disable-utils
+${MAKE}
+sudo ${MAKE} install
+cd ..
+
+cd ${ORIG_DIR}
+# git-based versioning doesn't always work because
+# travis only clones the repo with shallow history.
+mv .git .git.bak
+cp tools/travis/version .version
+./tools/configure.sh ${CONFIGURE_HOSTOS} sim:ostest
+if [ $TEST_M32 -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo CONFIG_SIM_M32=y >> .config
+	${MAKE} oldconfig
+fi
+echo ===== .config START =====
+cat .config
+echo ===== .config END =====
+${MAKE}
+./nuttx
diff --git a/tools/travis/version b/tools/travis/version
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..797b557a214c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/travis/version
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+
+CONFIG_VERSION_STRING="Travis-CI"
+CONFIG_VERSION_MAJOR=0
+CONFIG_VERSION_MINOR=0
+CONFIG_VERSION_BUILD="0000000000"