diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c424556b42f..c5dfc2b31cc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 !/*/
 !/.gitattributes
 !/.gitignore
+!/.travis.yml
 !/makefile
 !/mame.doxygen 
 !/*.md
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca24ad06519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+language: cpp
+env:
+  - SUBTARGET=arcade
+  - SUBTARGET=mess
+script: make -j2
+sudo: required
+before_install:
+  - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zoogie/sdl2-snapshots -y
+  - sudo apt-get update -qq
+  - sudo apt-get install -y libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libasound2-dev