diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+language: python
+python:
+  - '2.7'
+  - '3.5'
+install: 'pip install -r requirements.txt'
+script: ./run_tests.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/python-otr/pure-python-otr.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/python-otr/pure-python-otr)
+
 Python OTR
 ==========
 This is a pure Python OTR implementation; it does not bind to libotr.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PyCrypto >= 2.1
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
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+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh -eu
+
+# the directory that this script is in
+SRC_ROOT=$(cd -P $(dirname "$0") && pwd)
+export PYTHONPATH="$SRC_ROOT/src"
+
+python tests/testBasic.py