diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49df2a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: build
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.name }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+        - {
+            name: "Windows Latest MSVC",
+            os: windows-latest,
+            build_type: "Debug", cc: "cl", cxx: "cl",
+          }
+        # TODO: this is not working, since CMake is using generator for latest Visual Studio
+        #- {
+        #    name: "Windows Latest MinGW",
+        #    os: windows-latest,
+        #    build_type: "Debug", cc: "gcc", cxx: "g++"
+        #  }
+        - {
+            name: "Ubuntu Latest GCC",
+            os: ubuntu-latest,
+            build_type: "Debug", cc: "gcc", cxx: "g++"
+          }
+        - {
+            name: "Ubuntu 16.04 GCC",
+            os: ubuntu-16.04,
+            build_type: "Debug", cc: "gcc", cxx: "g++"
+          }
+        - {
+            name: "macOS Latest Clang",
+            os: macos-latest,
+            build_type: "Debug", cc: "clang", cxx: "clang++"
+          }
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: submodule
+      run: git submodule update --init --recursive
+    - name: configure
+      shell: cmake -P {0}
+      run: |
+        set(ENV{CC} ${{matrix.config.cc}})
+        set(ENV{CXX} ${{matrix.config.cxx}})
+    - name: generate
+      run: |
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+        cmake -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{matrix.config.build_type}} -DSQLITECPP_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON -DSQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DSQLITECPP_RUN_CPPCHECK=OFF -DSQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT=OFF .. 
+    - name: build
+      run: cmake --build build --config ${{matrix.config.build_type}}
+    - name: test
+      run: |
+        cd build
+        ctest --verbose --output-on-failure
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2fce3f9..31a0dd5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ source_group(doc FILES ${SQLITECPP_DOC})
 
 # list of script files of the library
 set(SQLITECPP_SCRIPT
+ .github/workflows/actions.yml
  .travis.yml
  appveyor.yml
  build.bat
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8dc8876..a4b2857 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SQLiteC++
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://github.com/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
 [![Travis CI Linux Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp "Travis CI Linux Build Status")
 [![AppVeyor Windows Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/SbastienRombauts/SQLiteCpp "AppVeyor Windows Build status")
+[![GitHub Actions Build status](https://github.com/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp/workflows/build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp/actions "GitHhub Actions Build status")
 [![Coveralls](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp.svg)](https://coveralls.io/github/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp "Coveralls test coverage")
 [![Coverity](https://img.shields.io/coverity/scan/14508.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/srombauts-sqlitecpp "Coverity Scan Build Status")
 [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)