diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+sudo: required
+language: java
+dist: trusty
+services:
+  - postgresql
+
+before_script:
+  - ./.travis/make_postgres.sh
+  - sudo ln -s /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 /var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432
+  - psql -U postgres -c "create user test with password 'test'; select version();"
+  - psql -c 'create database test owner test;' -U postgres
+  - echo "MAVEN_OPTS='-Xmx1g -Dgpg.skip=true'" > ~/.mavenrc
+  - psql test -c 'CREATE EXTENSION hstore;' -U postgres
+
+script:
+  # make sure previous build artifacts are not used for subsequent builds
+  - ./.travis/travis_build.sh
+
+before_cache:
+  # No sense in caching current build artifacts
+  rm -rf $HOME/.m2/repository/org/postgresql
+
+# Skip default "mvn install" issued by Travis
+# Root project cannot be compiled with older JDKs, so it makes sense to just skip the step
+install: true
+
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - '$HOME/.m2/repository'
+
+matrix:
+  fast_finish: true
+  include:
+    - env:
+        - TEST=PG_CHECK
+      script: make check
+    - env:
+        - TEST=PG_CHECK_WORLD
+      script: PGHOST=localhost make check-world
+    - jdk: oraclejdk8
+      env:
+        - TEST=pgjdbc
+      script: ./.travis/pgjdbc_check.sh
+
+branches:
+  only:
+    - travis
diff --git a/.travis/make_postgres.sh b/.travis/make_postgres.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -x -e
+
+sudo service postgresql stop
+
+PREFIX=$HOME/pg_head
+
+./configure --prefix=$PREFIX
+
+# Build PostgreSQL from source and start the DB
+make && make install && $PREFIX/bin/pg_ctl -D $PREFIX/data initdb && $PREFIX/bin/pg_ctl -D $PREFIX/data -l postgres.log start
+
+sleep 10
+
+cat postgres.log
diff --git a/.travis/pgjdbc_check.sh b/.travis/pgjdbc_check.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -x -e
+
+git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc.git
+
+git log -1
+
+cd pgjdbc
+
+mvn clean package -B -V
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/vlsi/postgres.svg?branch=travis)](https://travis-ci.org/vlsi/postgres)
+
+PostgreSQL Database Management System
+=====================================
+
+This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL
+database management system.
+
+PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
+that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
+transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
+and functions.  This distribution also contains C language bindings.
+
+PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here:
+
+	http://www.postgresql.org/download
+
+See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
+PostgreSQL.  That file also lists supported operating systems and
+hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
+software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
+system.  Copyright and license information can be found in the
+file COPYRIGHT.  A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
+distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
+instructions.
+
+The latest version of this software may be obtained at
+http://www.postgresql.org/download/.  For more information look at our
+web site located at http://www.postgresql.org/.