diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56727d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a single version of Python
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
+
+name: Build & Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Checkout submodules
+      run: git submodule update --init --recursive
+    - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.8
+    - name: Install openmpi
+      run: |
+        sudo apt install openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev
+    - name: Install package
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install flake8 pytest
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+        pip install .
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest tests/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7029507..816b49a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # PlasmaOpt
 
+![build-and-test-status](https://github.com/florianwechsung/PyPlasmaOpt/workflows/Build%20&%20Test/badge.svg)
+
+
 ## Requirements
 
 On a recent linux (e.g. Ubuntu > 18.04), most requirements should be met.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c0619b3..1091608 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def build_extensions(self):
     name='PlasmaOpt',
     long_description='',
     ext_modules=ext_modules,
-    install_requires=['pybind11>=2.4', 'sympy', 'property_manager3', 'numpy', 'scipy', 'argparse', 'mpi4py', 'matplotlib', 'randomgen'],
+    install_requires=['pybind11>=2.4', 'sympy', 'property_manager3', 'numpy', 'scipy', 'argparse', 'mpi4py', 'matplotlib', 'randomgen', 'netCDF4'],
     setup_requires=['pybind11>=2.4'],
     cmdclass={'build_ext': BuildExt},
     packages = ["pyplasmaopt"],