diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19dd97db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# container-based environment blockers:
+# - cluster-glue-dev
+#   https://github.com/travis-ci/apt-package-whitelist/issues/2936
+# - libsystemd-daemon-dev (libsystemd-dev)
+#   https://github.com/travis-ci/apt-package-whitelist/issues/2449
+# - no equivalent of "libcrmcluster4-dev" (trusty) for precise,
+#   but can be worked around with something like (or local dir + CPPFLAGS):
+#   GHREPO=ClusterLabs/pacemaker INCLFILE=crm/services.h curl --create-dirs \
+#     -o "/usr/include/pacemaker/${INCLFILE}" \
+#     "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${GHREPO}/master/include/${INCLFILE}"
+sudo: required
+dist: trusty
+
+language: c
+compiler: gcc
+
+env:
+        - GLUE=1
+        - GLUE=0
+
+before_install:
+        - sudo apt-get update -qq
+        - sudo apt-get install -qq -y libglib2.0-dev libcrmcluster4-dev
+        - test "${GLUE}" = 0
+          || sudo apt-get install -qq -y cluster-glue-dev
+        - test "${GLUE}" != 0
+          || sudo apt-get install -qq -y libqb-dev libsystemd-daemon-dev
+
+before_script:
+        - ./autogen.sh
+          && ./configure --with-glue=$(test "${GLUE}" = 0 && echo no || echo yes)
+        - ulimit -S -c unlimited  # ensure cores are generated (~after_failure)
+
+script: VERBOSE=1 make check
+
+after_failure:
+        - sudo apt-get install -qq gdb libc6-dbg
+        # examine core files
+        - find -name 'core*' -print0
+          | xargs -0I@ -- sh -xc
+            'file "@";
+             gdb -se $(file "@" | sed -n "s|.* core file .* from \x27\([^\x27 ]*\).*|\1|p")
+                 -c "@" -batch -ex "t a a bt f" -ex "set pagination 0"'
+
+notifications:
+        irc: "irc.freenode.net#clusterlabs-dev"
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e25b9f5f..9df6320b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES	= Makefile.in aclocal.m4 configure depcomp \
 
 dist_doc_DATA		= AUTHORS README COPYING README.upgrade-from-v0.1
 
-notrans_dist_man8_MANS = docs/boothd.8 docs/booth-keygen.8
-
 boothconfdir		= ${BOOTHSYSCONFDIR}
 
 boothconf_DATA		= conf/booth.conf.example
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 441a3027..30dbbff6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(mhash.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADER([zlib.h],
 		[AC_SUBST(ZLIB_LIBS, ["-lz"])],
 		[AC_MSG_ERROR([zlib development files required])])
+saved_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
+CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${GLIB_CFLAGS}"
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([pacemaker/crm/services.h], [],
+		[AC_MSG_ERROR([pacemaker/crm/services.h header required])])
+CPPFLAGS="${saved_CPPFLAGS}"
 
 # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 AC_C_CONST
@@ -278,17 +283,19 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([RANGE2RANDOM_GLIB], [test "x$range2random_provider" = "xglib"])
 # figure out nametag/distinguished-role provider
 nametag_provider=""
 if test "x$nametag_provider" = "x" && test "x$with_glue" != "xno"; then
-       AC_CHECK_LIB([plumbgpl], [set_proc_title], [nametag_provider="libplumbgpl"])
+	AC_CHECK_LIB([plumbgpl], [set_proc_title], [nametag_provider="libplumbgpl"])
 fi
 if test "x$nametag_provider" = "x" && test "x$with_glue" = "xno"; then
-       AC_CHECK_LIB([systemd], [sd_notify], [nametag_provider="libsystemd"])
+	AC_SEARCH_LIBS([sd_notify], [systemd systemd-daemon], [nametag_provider="libsystemd"])
 fi
 NOTIFY_ACCESS_SWITCH='# '
 case "$nametag_provider" in
 libplumbgpl)
 	;;
 libsystemd)
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBSYSTEMD], [libsystemd])
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBSYSTEMD], [libsystemd],, [
+		PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBSYSTEMD], [libsystemd-daemon])
+	])
 	AC_DEFINE([NAMETAG_LIBSYSTEMD], [], [use libsystemd as a nametag provider])
 	NOTIFY_ACCESS_SWITCH=
 	;;