diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2073e7176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# errata:
+# - A travis bug causes caches to trample eachother when using the same
+#   compiler key (which we don't use anyway). This is worked around for now by
+#   using the phony compilers "true X". These can be removed when the travis
+#   bug is fixed. See: https://github.com/travis-ci/casher/issues/6
+
+os: linux
+language: cpp
+env:
+  global:
+    - MAKEJOBS=-j3
+    - RUN_TESTS=false
+    - CCACHE_SIZE=100M
+    - CCACHE_TEMPDIR=/tmp/.ccache-temp
+    - CCACHE_COMPRESS=1
+    - BASE_OUTDIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/out
+cache:
+  apt: true
+  directories:
+  - depends/built
+  - $HOME/.ccache
+matrix:
+  fast_finish: true
+  include:
+    - compiler: "true 1"
+      env: HOST=arm-linux-gnueabihf PACKAGES="g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf" DEP_OPTS="NO_QT=1" GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG"--enable-glibc-back-compat"
+    - compiler: "true 2"
+      env: HOST=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu DEP_OPTS="NO_QT=1 NO_WALLET=1 NO_UPNP=1" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-glibc-back-compat"
+    - compiler: "true 3"
+      env: HOST=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-glibc-back-compat"
+    - compiler: "true 4"
+      env: HOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu PACKAGES="g++-multilib" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-glibc-back-compat"
+    - compiler: "true 6"
+      env: HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32 PACKAGES="nsis gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 mingw-w64-dev" GOAL="deploy"
+    - compiler: "true 7"
+      env: HOST=i686-w64-mingw32 PACKAGES="nsis gcc-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-i686 binutils-mingw-w64-i686 mingw-w64-dev" GOAL="deploy"
+install:
+    - if [ -n "$PACKAGES" ]; then travis_retry sudo apt-get update; fi
+    - if [ -n "$PACKAGES" ]; then travis_retry sudo apt-get install --no-upgrade -qq $PACKAGES; fi
+before_script:
+    - unset CC; unset CXX
+    - mkdir -p depends/SDKs
+    - make $MAKEJOBS -C depends HOST=$HOST $DEP_OPTS || (echo "Build failure. Verbose build follows." && make -C depends V=1 HOST=$HOST $DEP_OPTS)
+script:
+    - OUTDIR=$BASE_OUTDIR/$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST/$TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER-$HOST
+    - BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL="--disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/depends/$HOST --bindir=$OUTDIR/bin --libdir=$OUTDIR/lib"
+    - depends/$HOST/native/bin/ccache --max-size=$CCACHE_SIZE
+    - if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]; then export CCACHE_READONLY=1; fi
+    - ./autogen.sh
+    - ./configure --cache-file=config.cache $BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL $BITCOIN_CONFIG || ( cat config.log && false)
+    - make distdir PACKAGE=bitcoin VERSION=$HOST
+    - cd bitcoin-$HOST
+    - ./configure --cache-file=../config.cache $BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL $BITCOIN_CONFIG || ( cat config.log && false)
+    - make $MAKEJOBS $GOAL || ( echo "Build failure. Verbose build follows." && make $GOAL V=1 ; false )
+    - if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "true" ]; then make check; fi
+after_script:
+    - if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]; then (echo "Upload goes here. Something like: scp -r $BASE_OUTDIR server" || echo "upload failed"); fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 601ccf0a7..700f4ab70 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -656,6 +656,9 @@ if test "x$use_ccache" != "xno"; then
   fi
   AC_MSG_RESULT($use_ccache)
 fi
+if test "x$use_ccache" = "xyes"; then
+    AX_CHECK_PREPROC_FLAG([-Qunused-arguments],[CPPFLAGS="-Qunused-arguments $CPPFLAGS"])
+fi
 
 dnl enable wallet
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if wallet should be enabled])
diff --git a/doc/travis-ci.txt b/doc/travis-ci.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01f7d02a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/travis-ci.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Support for using travis-ci has been added in order to automate pull-testing.
+See https://travis-ci.org/ for more info
+
+This procedure is different than the pull-tester that came before it in a few
+ways.
+
+There is nothing to administer. This is a major feature as it means
+that builds have no local state. Because there is no ability to login to the
+builders to install packages (tools, dependencies, etc), the entire build
+procedure must instead be controlled by a declarative script (.travis.yml).
+This script declares each build configuration, creates virtual machines as
+necessary, builds, then discards the virtual machines.
+
+A build matrix is constructed to test a wide range of configurations, rather
+than a single pass/fail. This helps to catch build failures and logic errors
+that present on platforms other than the ones the author has tested. This
+matrix is defined in the build script and can be changed at any time.
+
+All builders use the dependency-generator in the depends dir, rather than
+using apt-get to install build dependencies. This guarantees that the tester
+is using the same versions as Gitian, so the build results are nearly identical
+to what would be found in a final release. However, this also means that builds
+will fail if new dependencies are introduced without being added to the
+dependency generator.
+
+In order to avoid rebuilding all dependencies for each build, the binaries are
+cached and re-used when possible. Changes in the dependency-generator will
+trigger cache-invalidation and rebuilds as necessary.
+
+These caches can be manually removed if necessary. This is one of the the very few
+manual operations that is possible with Travis, and it can be done by the
+Bitcoin Core committer via the Travis web interface.
+
+In some cases, secure strings may be needed for hiding sensitive info such as
+private keys or URLs. The travis client may be used to create these strings:
+http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/encryption-keys/
+
+For the details of the build descriptor, see the official docs:
+http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/build-configuration/