diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..987100cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+language: go
+
+go:
+  - 1.9.x
+
+script: make ci
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be76290ac..e2eb87049 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ _output/bin/$(GOOS)/$(GOARCH)/$(BIN): build-dirs
 		VERSION=$(VERSION) \
 		PKG=$(PKG) \
 		BIN=$(BIN) \
+		OUTPUT_DIR=/output/$(GOOS)/$(GOARCH) \
 		./hack/build.sh'"
 
 TTY := $(shell tty -s && echo "-t")
@@ -181,3 +182,8 @@ container-clean:
 
 bin-clean:
 	rm -rf .go _output
+
+ci:
+	hack/verify-all.sh
+	hack/test.sh $(SRC_DIRS)
+	GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(GOARCH) VERSION=$(VERSION) PKG=$(PKG) BIN=$(BIN) ./hack/build.sh
diff --git a/hack/build.sh b/hack/build.sh
index 5d2fb3866..1b1f5f58f 100755
--- a/hack/build.sh
+++ b/hack/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
 #
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ LDFLAGS="-X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.Version=${VERSION}"
 LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.GitSHA=${GIT_SHA}"
 LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.GitTreeState=${GIT_TREE_STATE}"
 
-OUTPUT=/output/${GOOS}/${GOARCH}/${BIN}
+if [[ -z "${OUTPUT_DIR:-}" ]]; then
+  OUTPUT_DIR=.
+fi
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT_DIR}/${BIN}
 if [[ "${GOOS}" = "windows" ]]; then
   OUTPUT="${OUTPUT}.exe"
 fi
diff --git a/hack/test.sh b/hack/test.sh
index 5ec8afa02..a990faad5 100755
--- a/hack/test.sh
+++ b/hack/test.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
 #
diff --git a/hack/update-generated-clientsets.sh b/hack/update-generated-clientsets.sh
index 2490faee7..cd56c22b3 100755
--- a/hack/update-generated-clientsets.sh
+++ b/hack/update-generated-clientsets.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-ARK_ROOT=$(realpath $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..)
+ARK_ROOT=$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..
 BIN=${ARK_ROOT}/_output/bin
 mkdir -p ${BIN}
 go build -o ${BIN}/client-gen ./vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen
diff --git a/hack/update-generated-docs.sh b/hack/update-generated-docs.sh
index 909edc656..24725d365 100755
--- a/hack/update-generated-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/update-generated-docs.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-ARK_ROOT=$(realpath $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..)
+ARK_ROOT=$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..
 BIN=${ARK_ROOT}/_output/bin
 mkdir -p ${BIN}
 
diff --git a/hack/update-generated-informers.sh b/hack/update-generated-informers.sh
index 2f4fb0d54..b8a395ff6 100755
--- a/hack/update-generated-informers.sh
+++ b/hack/update-generated-informers.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-ARK_ROOT=$(realpath $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..)
+ARK_ROOT=$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..
 BIN=${ARK_ROOT}/_output/bin
 mkdir -p ${BIN}
 
diff --git a/hack/update-generated-listers.sh b/hack/update-generated-listers.sh
index 968640674..31adfad18 100755
--- a/hack/update-generated-listers.sh
+++ b/hack/update-generated-listers.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-ARK_ROOT=$(realpath $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..)
+ARK_ROOT=$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..
 BIN=${ARK_ROOT}/_output/bin
 mkdir -p ${BIN}
 
diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-docs.sh b/hack/verify-generated-docs.sh
index 7b278604b..d1c800e60 100755
--- a/hack/verify-generated-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-generated-docs.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-ARK_ROOT=$(realpath $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..)
+ARK_ROOT=$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..
 HACK_DIR=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")
 DOCS_DIR=${ARK_ROOT}/docs/cli-reference
 TMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"