diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+sudo: false
+language: ruby
+rvm:
+  - 2.4.10
+  - 2.5.8
+  - 2.6.6
+
+branches:
+  only:
+    - master
+
+addons:
+  postgresql: "9.6"
+
+env:
+  - REDMINE_VER=4.0-stable
+  - REDMINE_VER=4.1-stable
+  - REDMINE_VER=master
+
+install: "echo skip bundle install"
+
+before_script:
+  - psql -c 'create database travis_ci_test;' -U postgres
+
+script:
+  - export TESTSPACE=`pwd`/testspace
+  - export NAME_OF_PLUGIN=stopwatch
+  - export PATH_TO_PLUGIN=`pwd`
+  - export PATH_TO_REDMINE=$TESTSPACE/redmine
+  - mkdir $TESTSPACE
+  - cp test/support/* $TESTSPACE/
+  - bash -x ./travis.sh
+
diff --git a/test/support/additional_environment.rb b/test/support/additional_environment.rb
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+# for travis debugging
+# config.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
+# config.logger.level = Logger::INFO
+# config.log_level = :info
+
diff --git a/test/support/database.yml.travis b/test/support/database.yml.travis
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+test:
+  adapter: postgresql
+  encoding: unicode
+  pool: 5
+  database: travis_ci_test
+  user: postgres
+
+
diff --git a/travis.sh b/travis.sh
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+#/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ ! "$TESTSPACE" = /* ]] ||
+   [[ ! "$PATH_TO_REDMINE" = /* ]] ||
+   [[ ! "$REDMINE_VER" = * ]] ||
+   [[ ! "$NAME_OF_PLUGIN" = * ]] ||
+   [[ ! "$PATH_TO_PLUGIN" = /* ]];
+then
+  echo "You should set"\
+       " TESTSPACE, PATH_TO_REDMINE, REDMINE_VER"\
+       " NAME_OF_PLUGIN, PATH_TO_PLUGIN"\
+       " environment variables"
+  echo "You set:"\
+       "$TESTSPACE"\
+       "$PATH_TO_REDMINE"\
+       "$REDMINE_VER"\
+       "$NAME_OF_PLUGIN"\
+       "$PATH_TO_PLUGIN"
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+export RAILS_ENV=test
+
+export REDMINE_GIT_REPO=git://github.com/redmine/redmine.git
+export REDMINE_GIT_TAG=$REDMINE_VER
+export BUNDLE_GEMFILE=$PATH_TO_REDMINE/Gemfile
+
+# checkout redmine
+git clone $REDMINE_GIT_REPO $PATH_TO_REDMINE
+cd $PATH_TO_REDMINE
+if [ ! "$REDMINE_GIT_TAG" = "master" ];
+then
+  git checkout -b $REDMINE_GIT_TAG origin/$REDMINE_GIT_TAG
+fi
+
+# create a link to the backlogs plugin
+ln -sf $PATH_TO_PLUGIN plugins/$NAME_OF_PLUGIN
+
+mv $TESTSPACE/database.yml.travis config/database.yml
+mv $TESTSPACE/additional_environment.rb config/
+
+cat << EOF > lib/tasks/00_nowarnings.rake
+require 'rake/testtask'
+
+module NoWarnings
+  def define(*_)
+    self.warning = false
+    super
+  end
+end
+
+Rake::TestTask.prepend NoWarnings
+EOF
+
+# install gems
+bundle install
+
+# run redmine database migrations
+bundle exec rake db:migrate
+
+# run plugin database migrations
+bundle exec rake redmine:plugins:migrate
+
+# install redmine database
+#bundle exec rake redmine:load_default_data REDMINE_LANG=en
+
+bundle exec rake db:structure:dump
+
+# run tests
+# bundle exec rake TEST=test/unit/role_test.rb
+bundle exec rake redmine:plugins:test NAME=$NAME_OF_PLUGIN
+
+