diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index feb304a..49ae8f7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ install:
     # GPFS
     # NOTE: Think GPFS need a license and is therefore not testable with travis.
 before_script: ./bootstrap
-script: ./configure --with-hdf5 && make
+script: mkdir build && cd build && ../configure --with-hdf5 && make && cd .. && ./testing/basic-tests.sh
 
 
 # notifications:
diff --git a/README b/README
index 5ab9493..b5100b2 100755
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This repo now contains both IOR and mdtest.
+This repo now contains both IOR and mdtest. [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/hpc/ior.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/hpc/ior) 
 
 [See also NOTES.txt]