diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cec117b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# This file has been generated -- see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
+language: c
+sudo: false
+
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.cabsnap
+    - $HOME/.cabal/packages
+
+before_cache:
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/build-reports.log
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    # crashes in travis because 2 versions of unix get installed and
+    # when text-show tries to use TH the wrong one gets linked
+    # - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.10.3 HAPPYVER=1.19.5 BUILD=cabal
+    #   compiler: ": #GHC 7.10.3"
+    #   addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.10.3,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=8.0.2
+      compiler: ": #GHC 8.0.2"
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-8.0.2,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    # blocked on https://github.com/ygale/timezone-olson/pull/4
+    # - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=8.2.1
+    #   compiler: ": #GHC 8.2.1"
+    #   addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-8.2.1,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+
+before_install:
+ - unset CC
+ - export HAPPYVER=1.19.5
+ - export PATH=$HOME/.cabal/bin:/opt/ghc/$GHCVER/bin:/opt/cabal/$CABALVER/bin:$PATH
+ - export PATH=/opt/happy/$HAPPYVER/bin:$PATH
+
+install:
+ - cabal --version
+ - echo "$(ghc --version) [$(ghc --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
+ - if [ -f $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz ];
+   then
+     zcat $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz >
+          $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar;
+   fi
+ - travis_retry cabal update -v
+ - sed -i 's/^jobs:/-- jobs:/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+ - cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks --dry -v > installplan.txt
+ - sed -i -e '1,/^Resolving /d' installplan.txt; cat installplan.txt
+
+# check whether current requested install-plan matches cached package-db snapshot
+ - if diff -u $HOME/.cabsnap/installplan.txt installplan.txt;
+   then
+     echo "cabal build-cache HIT";
+     rm -rfv .ghc;
+     cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc $HOME/.ghc;
+     cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/lib $HOME/.cabsnap/share $HOME/.cabsnap/bin $HOME/.cabal/;
+   else
+     echo "cabal build-cache MISS";
+     rm -rf $HOME/.cabsnap;
+     mkdir -p $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin;
+     cabal install -j --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks;
+   fi
+
+# snapshot package-db on cache miss
+ - if [ ! -d $HOME/.cabsnap ];
+   then
+      echo "snapshotting package-db to build-cache";
+      mkdir $HOME/.cabsnap;
+      cp -a $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc;
+      cp -a $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin installplan.txt $HOME/.cabsnap/;
+   fi
+
+# Here starts the actual work to be performed for the package under test;
+# any command which exits with a non-zero exit code causes the build to fail.
+script:
+ - if [ -f configure.ac ]; then autoreconf -i; fi
+ - cabal configure --enable-tests -v2  # -v2 provides useful information for debugging
+ - cabal build -j # this builds all libraries and executables (including tests/benchmarks)
+ - cabal test -j --show-details=always
+ - cabal check
+ - cabal sdist   # tests that a source-distribution can be generated
+
+# Check that the resulting source distribution can be built & installed.
+# If there are no other `.tar.gz` files in `dist`, this can be even simpler:
+# `cabal install --force-reinstalls dist/*-*.tar.gz`
+ - SRC_TGZ=$(cabal info . | awk '{print $2;exit}').tar.gz &&
+   (cd dist && cabal install --force-reinstalls "$SRC_TGZ")
+
+# EOF
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ec37a81..43f72137 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ![Duckling Logo](https://github.com/facebookincubator/duckling/raw/master/logo.png)
 
-# Duckling
+# Duckling [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/facebookincubator/duckling.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/facebookincubator/duckling)
 Duckling is a Haskell library that parses text into structured data.
 
 ```
diff --git a/duckling.cabal b/duckling.cabal
index 6f32651f..4c10c02a 100644
--- a/duckling.cabal
+++ b/duckling.cabal
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ category:            Systems
 build-type:          Simple
 stability:           alpha
 cabal-version:       >=1.10
+tested-with:
+  GHC==8.0.2
 
 extra-source-files:    README.md
                      , PATENTS
@@ -489,7 +491,7 @@ library
                      , regex-pcre            >= 0.94.4 && < 0.95
                      , text                  >= 1.2.2.1 && < 1.3
                      , text-show             >= 2.1.2 && < 3.5
-                     , time                  >= 1.5.0.1 && < 1.7
+                     , time                  >= 1.5.0.1 && < 1.9
                      , timezone-series       >= 0.1.5.1 && < 0.2
                      , unordered-containers  >= 0.2.7.2 && < 0.3
   default-language:    Haskell2010
@@ -504,7 +506,7 @@ test-suite duckling-test
                      , base                  >= 4.8.2 && < 5.0
                      , aeson                 >= 0.11.3.0 && < 1.1
                      , text                  >= 1.2.2.1 && < 1.3
-                     , time                  >= 1.5.0.1 && < 1.7
+                     , time                  >= 1.5.0.1 && < 1.9
                      , unordered-containers  >= 0.2.7.2 && < 0.3
                      , tasty                 >= 0.11.1 && < 0.12
                      , tasty-hunit           >= 0.9.2 && < 1.0
@@ -718,7 +720,7 @@ executable duckling-example-exe
                      , snap-server           >= 1.0.1.1 && < 1.1
                      , text                  >= 1.2.2.1 && < 1.3
                      , text-show             >= 2.1.2 && < 3.5
-                     , time                  >= 1.5.0.1 && < 1.7
+                     , time                  >= 1.5.0.1 && < 1.9
                      , timezone-olson        >= 0.1.7 && < 0.2
                      , timezone-series       >= 0.1.5.1 && < 0.2
                      , unordered-containers  >= 0.2.7.2 && < 0.3