diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+language: cpp
+script: ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make distcheck
+notifications:
+  email: false
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 Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
 ===================================================
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/google/protobuf.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/google/protobuf)
+
 Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
 
 https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/