diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9af9a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Build
+
+# trigger the workflow on push or pull requests
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-run-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04     # this is a GitHub Runner, hosting the execution
+    container: ubuntu:18.04   # but this is a Docker Hub container, in which everything runs
+
+    services:
+      redis:
+        image: redis:6.2.1-alpine  # Docker Hub image used as a sidecar
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        apt-get -y update
+        apt-get -y --force-yes install make gcc libevent-dev libmsgpack-dev python3
+    - name: Build
+      run: make
+    - name: Run Webdis and test
+      run: |
+        ./webdis .github/workflows/webdis-ci.json
+        sleep 2
+        ./tests/basic.py
+    - name: Archive logs
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: webdis.log
+        path: webdis.log
diff --git a/.github/workflows/webdis-ci.json b/.github/workflows/webdis-ci.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3174b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/webdis-ci.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "redis_host": "redis",
+  "redis_port": 6379,
+
+  "http_host": "0.0.0.0",
+  "http_port": 7379,
+
+  "threads": 5,
+  "pool_size": 20,
+
+  "daemonize": true,
+  "websockets": false,
+
+  "database": 0,
+  "acl": [
+    {
+      "disabled": [ "DEBUG" ]
+    },
+    {
+      "http_basic_auth": "user:password",
+      "enabled": [ "DEBUG" ]
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "verbosity": 6,
+  "logfile": "webdis.log"
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39d84f2..ac52133 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/nicolasff/webdis.svg?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/nicolasff/webdis)
+[![Build](https://github.com/nicolasff/webdis/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nicolasff/webdis/actions/workflows/build.yml)
+
 
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