diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..328023a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+language: ruby
+rvm:
+  - 2.4.1
+
+# Assume bundler is being used, therefore
+# the `install` step will run `bundle install` by default.
+script: ./bin/cibuild
+
+env:
+  global:
+  - NOKOGIRI_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=true # speeds up installation of html-proofer
+
+sudo: false # route your build to the container-based infrastructure for a faster build
+
+cache: bundler # caching bundler gem packages will speed up build
+
+# Optional: disable email notifications about the outcome of your builds
+notifications:
+  email: false
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 359a45b..b92ce9b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # al-folio
 
+[![build status](https://travis-ci.org/alshedivat/al-folio.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/alshedivat/al-folio)
 [![demo](https://img.shields.io/badge/theme-demo-brightgreen.svg)](https://alshedivat.github.io/al-folio/)
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/mashape/apistatus.svg?maxAge=2592000)](https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio/blob/master/LICENSE)
 [![gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/alshedivat/al-folio.svg)](https://gitter.im/alshedivat/al-folio?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge)
@@ -104,4 +105,4 @@ Style improvements and bug fixes are especially welcome.
 
 ## License
 
-The theme is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
\ No newline at end of file
+The theme is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 58d17b0..0a86131 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ news_limit: 5
 markdown: kramdown
 highlighter: pygments
 
-# Includes
+# Includes & excludes
 include: ['_pages']
+exclude: [vendor]
 
 # Plug-ins
 plugins:
diff --git a/bin/cibuild b/bin/cibuild
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d5c9e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cibuild
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bundle exec jekyll build