diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 074c2ce..24f2553 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,31 @@
 language: julia
-os:
-  - osx
-  - linux
-julia:
-  - 1.0
-  - 1.1
-  - 1.2
-  - 1.3
-  - nightly
 notifications:
   email: false
+sudo: required
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+  - julia: 1.0
+    env:
+    - JOBQUEUE=slurm
+
+services: docker
+before_install:
+  - set -e
+  - source ci/${JOBQUEUE}.sh
+  - jobqueue_before_install
+  - set +e
+install:
+  - set -e
+  - jobqueue_install
+  - set +e
+script:
+  - set -e
+  - jobqueue_script
+  - set +e
+after_script:
+  - jobqueue_after_script
+
 #script: # the default script is equivalent to the following
 #  - if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
 #  - julia -e 'Pkg.clone(pwd()); Pkg.build("Example"); Pkg.test("Example"; coverage=true)';
diff --git a/ci/slurm.sh b/ci/slurm.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bce67f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/slurm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function jobqueue_before_install {
+    docker version
+    docker-compose version
+
+    # start slurm cluster
+    pushd ./ci/slurm
+    ./start-slurm.sh
+    popd
+
+    docker ps -a
+    docker images
+}
+
+function jobqueue_install {
+    docker exec -it slurmctld /bin/bash -c "cd /workspace; julia --project -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.build();'"
+}
+
+function jobqueue_script {
+    docker exec -it slurmctld /bin/bash -c "cd /workspace; julia --project test/runtests.jl slurm"
+}
+
+function jobqueue_after_script {
+    docker exec -it slurmctld bash -c 'sinfo'
+    docker exec -it slurmctld bash -c 'squeue'
+    docker exec -it slurmctld bash -c 'sacct -l'
+}
diff --git a/ci/slurm/Dockerfile b/ci/slurm/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2b6293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/slurm/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FROM giovtorres/slurm-docker-cluster
+ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
+
+COPY slurm.conf /etc/slurm/slurm.conf
diff --git a/ci/slurm/docker-compose.yml b/ci/slurm/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bae6ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/slurm/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+version: "2.2"
+
+services:
+  mysql:
+    image: mysql:5.7
+    hostname: mysql
+    container_name: mysql
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: "yes"
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: slurm_acct_db
+      MYSQL_USER: slurm
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
+    volumes:
+      - var_lib_mysql:/var/lib/mysql
+
+  slurmdbd:
+    build: .
+    command: ["slurmdbd"]
+    container_name: slurmdbd
+    hostname: slurmdbd
+    volumes:
+      - etc_munge:/etc/munge
+      - etc_slurm:/etc/slurm
+      - var_log_slurm:/var/log/slurm
+    expose:
+      - "6819"
+    depends_on:
+      - mysql
+
+  slurmctld:
+    build: .
+    command: ["slurmctld"]
+    container_name: slurmctld
+    hostname: slurmctld
+    volumes:
+      - etc_munge:/etc/munge
+      - etc_slurm:/etc/slurm
+      - slurm_jobdir:/data
+      - var_log_slurm:/var/log/slurm
+      - ../..:/workspace
+    expose:
+      - "6817"
+    depends_on:
+      - "slurmdbd"
+
+  c1:
+    build: .
+    command: ["slurmd"]
+    hostname: c1
+    container_name: c1
+    volumes:
+      - etc_munge:/etc/munge
+      - etc_slurm:/etc/slurm
+      - slurm_jobdir:/data
+      - var_log_slurm:/var/log/slurm
+    expose:
+      - "6818"
+    depends_on:
+      - "slurmctld"
+
+  c2:
+    build: .
+    command: ["slurmd"]
+    hostname: c2
+    container_name: c2
+    volumes:
+      - etc_munge:/etc/munge
+      - etc_slurm:/etc/slurm
+      - slurm_jobdir:/data
+      - var_log_slurm:/var/log/slurm
+    expose:
+      - "6818"
+    depends_on:
+      - "slurmctld"
+
+volumes:
+  etc_munge:
+  etc_slurm:
+  slurm_jobdir:
+  var_lib_mysql:
+  var_log_slurm:
diff --git a/ci/slurm/register_cluster.sh b/ci/slurm/register_cluster.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ef3d4d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/slurm/register_cluster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+docker exec slurmctld bash -c "/usr/bin/sacctmgr --immediate add cluster name=linux" && \
+docker-compose restart slurmdbd slurmctld
diff --git a/ci/slurm/slurm.conf b/ci/slurm/slurm.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0aad9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/slurm/slurm.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# slurm.conf
+#
+# See the slurm.conf man page for more information.
+#
+ClusterName=linux
+ControlMachine=slurmctld
+ControlAddr=slurmctld
+#BackupController=
+#BackupAddr=
+#
+SlurmUser=slurm
+#SlurmdUser=root
+SlurmctldPort=6817
+SlurmdPort=6818
+AuthType=auth/munge
+#JobCredentialPrivateKey=
+#JobCredentialPublicCertificate=
+StateSaveLocation=/var/lib/slurmd
+SlurmdSpoolDir=/var/spool/slurmd
+SwitchType=switch/none
+MpiDefault=none
+SlurmctldPidFile=/var/run/slurmd/slurmctld.pid
+SlurmdPidFile=/var/run/slurmd/slurmd.pid
+ProctrackType=proctrack/linuxproc
+#PluginDir=
+CacheGroups=0
+#FirstJobId=
+ReturnToService=0
+#MaxJobCount=
+#PlugStackConfig=
+#PropagatePrioProcess=
+#PropagateResourceLimits=
+#PropagateResourceLimitsExcept=
+#Prolog=
+#Epilog=
+#SrunProlog=
+#SrunEpilog=
+#TaskProlog=
+#TaskEpilog=
+#TaskPlugin=
+#TrackWCKey=no
+#TreeWidth=50
+#TmpFS=
+#UsePAM=
+#
+# TIMERS
+SlurmctldTimeout=300
+SlurmdTimeout=300
+InactiveLimit=0
+MinJobAge=300
+KillWait=30
+Waittime=0
+#
+# SCHEDULING
+SchedulerType=sched/backfill
+#SchedulerAuth=
+#SchedulerPort=
+#SchedulerRootFilter=
+SelectType=select/cons_res
+SelectTypeParameters=CR_CPU_Memory
+FastSchedule=1
+#PriorityType=priority/multifactor
+#PriorityDecayHalfLife=14-0
+#PriorityUsageResetPeriod=14-0
+#PriorityWeightFairshare=100000
+#PriorityWeightAge=1000
+#PriorityWeightPartition=10000
+#PriorityWeightJobSize=1000
+#PriorityMaxAge=1-0
+#
+# LOGGING
+SlurmctldDebug=3
+SlurmctldLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmctld.log
+SlurmdDebug=3
+SlurmdLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmd.log
+JobCompType=jobcomp/filetxt
+JobCompLoc=/var/log/slurm/jobcomp.log
+#
+# ACCOUNTING
+JobAcctGatherType=jobacct_gather/linux
+JobAcctGatherFrequency=30
+#
+AccountingStorageType=accounting_storage/slurmdbd
+AccountingStorageHost=slurmdbd
+AccountingStoragePort=6819
+AccountingStorageLoc=slurm_acct_db
+#AccountingStoragePass=
+#AccountingStorageUser=
+#
+# COMPUTE NODES
+NodeName=c[1-2] RealMemory=4096 CPUs=2 State=UNKNOWN
+#
+# PARTITIONS
+PartitionName=normal Default=yes Nodes=c[1-2] Priority=50 DefMemPerCPU=2048 Shared=NO MaxNodes=2 MaxTime=5-00:00:00 DefaultTime=5-00:00:00 State=UP
diff --git a/ci/slurm/start-slurm.sh b/ci/slurm/start-slurm.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5ba3447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/slurm/start-slurm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker-compose up --build -d
+while [ `./register_cluster.sh 2>&1 | grep "sacctmgr: error" | wc -l` -ne 0 ]
+  do
+    echo "Waiting for SLURM cluster to become ready";
+    sleep 2
+  done
+echo "SLURM properly configured"