diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d70bc4..477d588 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.min.js
 !excanvas.min.js
+node_modules/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baa0031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+language: node_js
+node_js:
+  - 0.8
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b300f1a..2e070d0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ all: $(patsubst %.js,%.min.js,$(filter-out %.min.js,$(wildcard *.js)))
 
 %.min.js: %.js
 	yui-compressor $< -o $@
+
+test:
+	./node_modules/.bin/jshint *jquery.flot.js
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4015d7..e5b922a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Flot [![Build status](https://travis-ci.org/flot/flot.png)](https://travis-ci.org/flot/flot)
+
 ## About ##
 
 Flot is a Javascript plotting library for jQuery.  
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3382a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+	"name": "Flot",
+	"version": "0.8.0-alpha",
+	"main": "jquery.flot.js",
+	"scripts": {
+		"test": "make test"
+	},
+	"devDependencies": {
+		"jshint": "0.9.1"
+	}
+}