diff --git a/.ci/lib.sh b/.ci/lib.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47eacc2d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/lib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+export tests_repo="${tests_repo:-github.com/kata-containers/tests}"
+export tests_repo_dir="$GOPATH/src/$tests_repo"
+
+clone_tests_repo()
+{
+	# KATA_CI_NO_NETWORK is (has to be) ignored if there is
+	# no existing clone.
+	if [ -d "$tests_repo_dir" -a -n "$KATA_CI_NO_NETWORK" ]
+	then
+		return
+	fi
+
+	go get -d -u "$tests_repo" || true
+}
+
+run_static_checks()
+{
+	clone_tests_repo
+	bash "$tests_repo_dir/.ci/static-checks.sh" "github.com/kata-containers/community"
+}
diff --git a/.ci/run.sh b/.ci/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..951be64148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+set -e
+
+# No explicit tests currently
+true
diff --git a/.ci/setup.sh b/.ci/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..26c895bab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+set -e
+
+cidir=$(dirname "$0")
+source "${cidir}/lib.sh"
+
+clone_tests_repo
+
+pushd "${tests_repo_dir}"
+.ci/setup.sh
+popd
diff --git a/.ci/static-checks.sh b/.ci/static-checks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b3f69aa95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/static-checks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+cidir=$(dirname "$0")
+source "${cidir}/lib.sh"
+
+run_static_checks
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38b6e496f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+dist: xenial
+
+language: go
+
+go:
+  - master
+
+before_install:
+  - ".ci/setup.sh"
+
+before_script:
+  - ".ci/static-checks.sh"
+
+script:
+  - ".ci/run.sh"