diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index f463a14..fc689ce 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 \.travis\.yml
 README.md
+^\.github$
diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b5e463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2/examples
+# Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: R-CMD-check
+
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+          needs: check
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8fc983..8ef08dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 hexbin
 ======
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/edzer/hexbin.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/edzer/hexbin) [![CRAN](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/hexbin)](http://cran.rstudio.com/package=hexbin) [![Downloads](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/hexbin?color=brightgreen)](http://www.r-pkg.org/pkg/hexbin)
+ <!-- badges: start -->
+[![CRAN](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/hexbin)](http://cran.rstudio.com/package=hexbin) [![Downloads](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/hexbin?color=brightgreen)](http://www.r-pkg.org/pkg/hexbin)
+[![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/edzer/hexbin/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/edzer/hexbin/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
+ <!-- badges: end -->
 
 An R Package with binning and plotting functions for hexagonal bins.