diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3b625d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+language: generic
+
+env:
+  global:
+    # Ubuntu version
+    - LINUX_DIST=trusty
+    - DEPS_DIR=${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/deps
+    # compiler settings
+    - COMPILER_NAME=gcc
+    - CXX=g++-5
+    - CC=gcc-5
+    # Misc
+    - RUN_TESTS=true
+    - COVERAGE=false
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - os: linux
+      dist: trusty
+      sudo: true
+      compiler: gcc
+      addons:
+       apt:
+         packages:
+           - gcc-5
+           - g++-5
+           # Misc
+           - python-yaml
+         sources: &sources
+           - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+           - llvm-toolchain-trusty-6.0
+
+before_install:
+    # Combine global build options with OS/compiler-dependent options
+    - export CMAKE_OPTIONS=${CMAKE_OPTIONS}" "${ENV_CMAKE_OPTIONS}
+    - export CXX_FLAGS=${CXX_FLAGS}" "${ENV_CXX_FLAGS}
+    # c++14
+    - sudo apt-get update -qq
+
+install:
+    # CodeCov
+    - sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcov gcov /usr/bin/gcov-5 90
+    # Download and install recent cmake
+    - if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then
+        CMAKE_URL="http://www.cmake.org/files/v3.5/cmake-3.5.1-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz";
+        mkdir -p ${DEPS_DIR}/cmake;
+        travis_retry wget --no-check-certificate --quiet -O - ${CMAKE_URL} | tar --strip-components=1 -xz -C ${DEPS_DIR}/cmake;
+        export PATH=${DEPS_DIR}/cmake/bin:${PATH};
+      fi
+    # we have to build lcov on our own, because it is not possible to install lcov-1.13 with apt
+    - wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lcov/lcov_1.13.orig.tar.gz && tar xf lcov_1.13.orig.tar.gz && make -C lcov-1.13 "PREFIX=${HOME}/.local" install && export PATH="${PATH}:${HOME}/.local/bin";
+    # show info
+    - echo ${PATH}
+    - echo ${CXX}
+    - ${CXX} --version
+    - ${CXX} -v
+    - lcov --version
+
+script:
+    ############################################################################
+    # Build main and tests
+    ############################################################################
+     - mkdir -p build
+     - cd build
+     - cmake .. -Dhueplusplus_TESTS=ON
+     - make coveragetest
+
+
+after_success:
+    # upload result to codecov
+    - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
diff --git a/hueplusplus/test/CMakeLists.txt b/hueplusplus/test/CMakeLists.txt
index c5dc208..6a067e0 100644
--- a/hueplusplus/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hueplusplus/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if(LCOV_PATH AND GCOV_PATH)
     # exclude some special files we do not want to profile
     set(COVERAGE_EXCLUDES
         '/usr/*'           # unix
-        '*/build/*'
+        '*/hueplusplus/build/*'
         '*/json*'
         '*/test/*'
         '*/v1/*'           # iOS