diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4828d9584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Java Gradle CircleCI 2.0 configuration file
+#
+# Check https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/language-java/ for more details
+#
+version: 2
+jobs:
+  build:
+    docker:
+      # specify the version you desire here
+      - image: circleci/openjdk:8-jdk
+
+      # Specify service dependencies here if necessary
+      # CircleCI maintains a library of pre-built images
+      # documented at https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/circleci-images/
+      # - image: circleci/postgres:9.4
+
+    working_directory: ~/repo
+
+    environment:
+      # Customize the JVM maximum heap limit
+      JVM_OPTS: -Xmx2048mb
+      TERM: dumb
+
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+
+      # Download and cache dependencies
+      - restore_cache:
+          keys:
+          - v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "build.gradle" }}
+          # fallback to using the latest cache if no exact match is found
+          - v1-dependencies-
+
+      - run: ./gradlew dependencies
+
+      - save_cache:
+          paths:
+            - ~/gradle
+          key: v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "build.gradle" }}
+
+      # run tests!
+      - run: ./gradlew check
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aee4667e5..610aa80c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 # Travis
 !/.travis.yml
 
+# CircleCI
+!/.circleci
+
 # unwanted os-generated files
 .DS_Store
 .DS_Store?