diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36f4b30f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+language: go
+
+go:
+    - 1.8
+    - 1.9
+    - tip
+
+go_import_path: github.com/intel/govmm
+
+matrix:
+  allow_failures:
+  - go: tip
+
+before_install:
+  - go get github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter
+  - gometalinter --install
+
+script:
+   - go env
+   - go test -v ./...
+   - gometalinter --tests --vendor --disable-all --enable=misspell --enable=vet --enable=ineffassign --enable=gofmt --enable=gocyclo --cyclo-over=15 --enable=golint --enable=errcheck --enable=deadcode ./...
diff --git a/qemu/qemu_test.go b/qemu/qemu_test.go
index 8a97fd1d54..51269eabbf 100644
--- a/qemu/qemu_test.go
+++ b/qemu/qemu_test.go
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ func TestAppendDeviceNetworkMq(t *testing.T) {
 	bar, _ := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "govmm-qemu-test")
 
 	defer func() {
-		foo.Close()
-		bar.Close()
-		os.Remove(foo.Name())
-		os.Remove(bar.Name())
+		_ = foo.Close()
+		_ = bar.Close()
+		_ = os.Remove(foo.Name())
+		_ = os.Remove(bar.Name())
 	}()
 
 	netdev := NetDevice{
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ func TestAppendDeviceNetworkPCIMq(t *testing.T) {
 	bar, _ := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "govmm-qemu-test")
 
 	defer func() {
-		foo.Close()
-		bar.Close()
-		os.Remove(foo.Name())
-		os.Remove(bar.Name())
+		_ = foo.Close()
+		_ = bar.Close()
+		_ = os.Remove(foo.Name())
+		_ = os.Remove(bar.Name())
 	}()
 
 	netdev := NetDevice{