diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 93e14570..b68caadc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-node_modules
+node_modules/
 .sass-cache/
 static/fonts/*
 .webassets-cache
 scss/assets
+.pytest_cache/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f26b9f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+language: python
+  python:
+    - "3.6"
+  script:
+    - python -m pytest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab883082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+test:
+	python -m pytest
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45a9de95..8f8e2b53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 # ATST
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/dod-ccpo/atst.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/dod-ccpo/atst)
+
 ## Installation
 
     brew install python3
@@ -17,6 +19,16 @@ To start the app and watch for changes:
 
     DEBUG=1 ./app.py
 
+## Testing
+
+To run unit tests:
+
+    python -m pytest
+
+or
+
+    make test
+
 ## Notes
 
 tornado templates are like mustache templates -- add the
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b40ee44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[pytest]
+norecursedirs = .venv .git node_modules
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 69d97d96..fbddde00 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 tornado==5.0.2
 webassets==0.12.1
+pytest==3.6.0
+pytest-tornado==0.5.0
diff --git a/tests/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4fc343b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import pytest
+import tornado.web
+from app import make_app
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def app():
+    return make_app()
+
+@pytest.mark.gen_test
+def test_hello_world(http_client, base_url):
+    response = yield http_client.fetch(base_url)
+    assert response.code == 200