diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6738b0b292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Rust
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Build
+      run: cargo build --verbose
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: cargo test --verbose
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb37b2d03c..1ff64413e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# subxt
+# subxt · ![build](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-subxt/workflows/Rust/badge.svg)
 
 A library to **sub**mit e**xt**rinsics to a [substrate](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate) node via RPC.