diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+sudo: required
+language: c
+compiler:
+- clang
+- gcc
+script: make && make test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0d5b9ec..6b1977b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,3 +71,7 @@ dist:clean
 	tar -vcf dwgsim-${PACKAGE_VERSION}.tar dwgsim-${PACKAGE_VERSION}; \
 	gzip -9 dwgsim-${PACKAGE_VERSION}.tar; \
 	rm -rv dwgsim-${PACKAGE_VERSION};
+
+test:
+	if [ -d tmp ]; then rm -r tmp; fi
+	/bin/bash testdata/test.sh
diff --git a/testdata/ex1.test.bfast.fastq.gz b/testdata/ex1.test.bfast.fastq.gz
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diff --git a/testdata/ex1.test.mutations.txt.gz b/testdata/ex1.test.mutations.txt.gz
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diff --git a/testdata/ex1.test.mutations.vcf.gz b/testdata/ex1.test.mutations.vcf.gz
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diff --git a/testdata/test.sh b/testdata/test.sh
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index 0000000..b3283aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+TESTDATADIR=$(dirname ${0});
+
+# Decompress the test data
+pushd $TESTDATADIR;
+for FILE in $(ls -1 *gz)
+do 
+	gunzip -c ${FILE} > $(basename ${FILE} .gz);
+done
+popd
+
+mkdir tmp
+
+# Generate the new test data
+./dwgsim -z 13 -N 10000 samtools/examples/ex1.fa ex1.test
+
+# Test the differences
+for FILE in $(ls -1 ex1.test*)
+do 
+	diff -q ${FILE} ${TESTDATADIR}/${FILE}
+done
+
+# Clean up the testdata
+find ${TESTDATADIR} \! -name "*gz" -type f | grep -v sh$ | xargs rm; 
+rm -r tmp;