diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+env:
+ - GHCVER=7.0.1
+ - GHCVER=7.0.2
+ - GHCVER=7.0.3
+ - GHCVER=7.0.4
+ - GHCVER=7.2.1
+ - GHCVER=7.2.2
+ - GHCVER=7.4.1
+ - GHCVER=7.4.2
+ - GHCVER=7.6.1
+ - GHCVER=7.6.2
+ - GHCVER=7.6.3
+ - GHCVER=head
+
+matrix:
+  allow_failures:
+   - env: GHCVER=head
+
+before_install:
+ - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:hvr/ghc
+ - sudo apt-get update
+ - sudo apt-get install cabal-install-1.18 ghc-$GHCVER
+ - export PATH=/opt/ghc/$GHCVER/bin:$PATH
+
+install:
+ - cabal-1.18 update
+
+script:
+ - cabal-1.18 configure -v2
+ - cabal-1.18 build
+ - cabal-1.18 check
+ - cabal-1.18 sdist
+ - export SRC_TGZ=$(cabal-1.18 info . | awk '{print $2 ".tar.gz";exit}') ;
+   cd dist/;
+   if [ -f "$SRC_TGZ" ]; then
+      cabal-1.18 install "$SRC_TGZ";
+   else
+      echo "expected '$SRC_TGZ' not found";
+      exit 1;
+   fi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+The `deepseq` Package  [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ghc/packages-deepseq.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ghc/packages-deepseq)
+=====================
+
+See [`deepseq` on Hackage](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/deepseq) for more information.
diff --git a/deepseq.cabal b/deepseq.cabal
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--- a/deepseq.cabal
+++ b/deepseq.cabal
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ description:
     which builds on top of this package.
 build-type:     Simple
 cabal-version:  >=1.10
+tested-with:    GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.6.2, GHC==7.6.1, GHC==7.4.2, GHC==7.4.1, GHC==7.2.2, GHC==7.2.1, GHC==7.0.4, GHC==7.0.3, GHC==7.0.2, GHC==7.0.1
 
 source-repository head
   type:     git