diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3fb76ae..04e839b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 **/Makefile
 **/Makefile.am
 
+# exceptions for travisCI
+!.travisCI/Makefile
+
 # staged PDKs
 sky130/sky130A
 sky130/sky130A/*
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbd3f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Efabless Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+language: minimal
+
+
+services:
+    - docker
+
+os:
+  - linux
+
+jobs:
+  include:
+    - name: "hd library"
+      env: STD_CELL_LIBRARY=sky130_fd_sc_hd
+    - name: "hs library"
+      env: STD_CELL_LIBRARY=sky130_fd_sc_hs
+    - name: "ms library"
+      env: STD_CELL_LIBRARY=sky130_fd_sc_ms
+    - name: "ls library"
+      env: STD_CELL_LIBRARY=sky130_fd_sc_ls
+    - name: "hdll library"
+      env: STD_CELL_LIBRARY=sky130_fd_sc_hdll
+    - name: "all libraries"
+      env: STD_CELL_LIBRARY=all
+  allow_failures:
+    - name: "all libraries"
+      env: STD_CELL_LIBRARY=all
+
+install:
+  - bash .travisCI/travisBuild.sh
+
+script:
+  - bash .travisCI/travisTest.sh
diff --git a/.travisCI/Dockerfile b/.travisCI/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa11f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travisCI/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Efabless Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# syntax = docker/dockerfile:1.0-experimental
+FROM centos:centos6 as build
+
+# Common development tools and libraries (kitchen sink approach)
+RUN yum groupinstall -y "Development Tools" "Development Libraries"
+RUN yum -y install centos-release-scl && \
+    yum -y install devtoolset-8 devtoolset-8-libatomic-devel
+
+# python 3.6
+RUN yum install -y https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el6.rpm
+RUN yum install -y python36u python36u-libs python36u-devel python36u-pip python36u-tkinter
+RUN alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.6 60
+
+# magic dependencies
+RUN yum install -y csh wget tcl-devel tk-devel libX11-devel cairo-devel ncurses-devel
+
+#General utils
+RUN yum install -y tcllib
+RUN yum install -y git tcl tk libjpeg libgomp libXext libSM libXft libffi cairo gettext Xvfb
+
+RUN git clone git://opencircuitdesign.com/magic magic_15102020
+
+WORKDIR magic_15102020
+
+RUN git checkout 4bbe4ef74e5eac98c503bf6483ee7a40dbb0547a
+
+# build
+RUN ./configure --prefix=/build && \
+    make -j4 && \
+    make install
+
+
+ENV MAGIC_ROOT=/magic_root
+ENV BUILD_PATH=/build/
+
+ENV PATH=$MAGIC_ROOT:$MAGIC_ROOT/scripts:$BUILD_PATH/bin:$BUILD_PATH/bin/Linux-x86_64:$BUILD_PATH/pdn/scripts:$PATH
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$BUILD_PATH/lib:$BUILD_PATH/lib/Linux-x86_64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+ENV MANPATH=$BUILD_PATH/share/man:$MANPATH
+
+
+RUN mkdir -p /build/version/
+
+RUN date +"Build Timestamp: %Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S" > /build/version/magic.version
+RUN git rev-parse HEAD >> /build/version/magic.version
+RUN tar -czf /build.tar.gz /build
+
+WORKDIR /magic_root
diff --git a/.travisCI/Makefile b/.travisCI/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d0140a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travisCI/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Efabless Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Adopted from OpenLANE's Makefile.
+
+OPEN_PDKS_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd)/..
+THREADS ?= $(shell nproc)
+STD_CELL_LIBRARY ?= sky130_fd_sc_hd
+SKYWATER_COMMIT ?= 5cd70ed19fee8ea37c4e8dbd5c5c3eaa9886dd23
+
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := all
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: pdk
+
+.PHONY: pdk
+pdk: skywater-pdk skywater-library build-pdk
+
+$(PDK_ROOT)/skywater-pdk:
+	git clone https://github.com/google/skywater-pdk.git $(PDK_ROOT)/skywater-pdk
+
+.PHONY: skywater-pdk
+skywater-pdk: $(PDK_ROOT)/skywater-pdk
+	cd $(PDK_ROOT)/skywater-pdk && \
+		git checkout -qf $(SKYWATER_COMMIT)
+
+.PHONY: skywater-library
+skywater-library: $(PDK_ROOT)/skywater-pdk
+	cd $(PDK_ROOT)/skywater-pdk && \
+		git submodule update --init libraries/$(STD_CELL_LIBRARY)/latest && \
+		$(MAKE) -j$(THREADS) $(STD_CELL_LIBRARY)
+
+.PHONY: all-skywater-libraries
+all-skywater-libraries: skywater-pdk
+	cd $(PDK_ROOT)/skywater-pdk && \
+		git submodule update --init libraries/sky130_fd_sc_hd/latest && \
+		git submodule update --init libraries/sky130_fd_sc_hs/latest && \
+		git submodule update --init libraries/sky130_fd_sc_hdll/latest && \
+		git submodule update --init libraries/sky130_fd_sc_ms/latest && \
+		git submodule update --init libraries/sky130_fd_sc_ls/latest && \
+		$(MAKE) -j$(THREADS) timing
+
+.PHONY: build-pdk
+build-pdk: $(PDK_ROOT)/skywater-pdk
+	[[ -d $(PDK_ROOT)/sky130A ]] && \
+		(echo "Warning: A sky130A build already exists under $(PDK_ROOT). It will be deleted first!" && \
+		sleep 5 && \
+		rm -rf $(PDK_ROOT)/sky130A) || \
+		true
+	cd $(OPEN_PDKS_ROOT) && \
+		./configure --with-sky130-source=$(PDK_ROOT)/skywater-pdk/libraries --with-sky130-local-path=$(PDK_ROOT) && \
+		cd sky130 && \
+		$(MAKE) veryclean && \
+		$(MAKE) && \
+		$(MAKE) install-local
diff --git a/.travisCI/build-docker.sh b/.travisCI/build-docker.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bd8fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travisCI/build-docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Efabless Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# exit when any command fails
+set -e
+
+mkdir -p logs/docker
+echo "dir created"
+docker build --rm -t magic . | tee logs/docker/magic.build.txt
+
diff --git a/.travisCI/travisBuild.sh b/.travisCI/travisBuild.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..530fba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travisCI/travisBuild.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Efabless Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# exit when any command fails
+set -e
+
+mkdir pdks
+export OPEN_PDKS_ROOT=$(pwd)
+export PDK_ROOT=$(pwd)/pdks
+cd ./.travisCI
+sh ./build-docker.sh > /dev/null
+make skywater-pdk > /dev/null
+if [ $STD_CELL_LIBRARY == all ]; then
+    make all-skywater-libraries;
+else
+    make skywater-library;
+fi
+cd ..
+docker run -it -v $(pwd):/some_root -v $(pwd)/.travisCI:/build_root -v $OPEN_PDKS_ROOT:$OPEN_PDKS_ROOT -v $PDK_ROOT:$PDK_ROOT -e OPEN_PDKS_ROOT=$OPEN_PDKS_ROOT -e PDK_ROOT=$PDK_ROOT -u $(id -u $USER):$(id -g $USER) magic:latest  bash -c "cd /build_root && make build-pdk"
+exit 0
diff --git a/.travisCI/travisTest.sh b/.travisCI/travisTest.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d7f65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travisCI/travisTest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2020 Efabless Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+if ! [[ -d $(pwd)/pdks/sky130A ]]; then exit -1; fi
+
+SIZE=$(du -sb $(pwd)/pdks/sky130A | cut -f1)
+# 250MB = 262,144,000 bytes; a fair estimate of the size of one library, I guess.
+if [[ $SIZE -lt 262144000 ]]; then
+    echo 'size is less than 250MB'
+    exit -1
+fi
+echo 'Built without fatal errors'
+echo "sky130A size is $SIZE bytes"
+exit 0