diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b2bd2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.11", "3.12"]
+    
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+      
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: uv sync --all-extras
+      
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: uv run pytest tests/ -v
+      
+      - name: Run ruff linting
+        run: uv run ruff check src/ tests/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca68090..f368d09 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # runcue
 
+[![Tests](https://github.com/somebox/runcue/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/somebox/runcue/actions/workflows/test.yml)
+
 ![runcue logo](./docs/images/runcue-logo-sm.png)
 
 A Python library for coordinating work across rate-limited services. Define your tasks, tell runcue when they're ready to run, and let it handle the scheduling and throttling.