diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..217d7279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: C Build and Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@main
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential make perl default-jre
+
+      - name: Verify installations
+        run: |
+          make --version
+          perl --version
+          java -version
+
+      - name: Compile the project
+        run: make
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: make test
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7852b6bd..88e7e3a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/dspinellis/cscout.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/dspinellis/cscout)
+![Build and Test](https://github.com/dspinellis/cscout/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)
 [![Coverity Scan Build Status](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/8463/badge.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/dspinellis-cscout)