diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9462f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  unix:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu, macos]
+        compiler: [g++, clang++]
+        defines: [standard, PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE, PUGIXML_COMPACT, PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS]
+        exclude:
+          - os: macos
+            compiler: g++
+    name: ${{matrix.os}} (${{matrix.compiler}}, ${{matrix.defines}})
+    runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: make test
+      run: |
+        export CXX=${{matrix.compiler}}
+        make test cxxstd=c++11 defines=${{matrix.defines}} config=release -j2
+        make test cxxstd=c++98 defines=${{matrix.defines}} config=debug -j2
+        make test defines=${{matrix.defines}} config=sanitize -j2
+    - name: make coverage
+      if: ${{!(matrix.os == 'ubuntu' && matrix.compiler == 'clang++')}} # linux/clang produces coverage info gcov can't parse
+      run: |
+        export CXX=${{matrix.compiler}}
+        make test defines=${{matrix.defines}} config=coverage -j2
+        bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -f pugixml.cpp.gcov -X search -t ${{secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN}} -B ${{github.ref}}
+
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [Win32, x64]
+        defines: [standard, PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE, PUGIXML_COMPACT, PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: cmake configure
+      run: cmake . -DPUGIXML_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DPUGIXML_BUILD_DEFINES=${{matrix.defines}} -A ${{matrix.arch}}
+    - name: cmake test
+      shell: bash # necessary for fail-fast
+      run: |
+        cmake --build . -- -property:Configuration=Debug -verbosity:minimal
+        Debug/pugixml-check.exe
+        cmake --build . -- -property:Configuration=Release -verbosity:minimal
+        Release/pugixml-check.exe
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 01bd59f..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-language: cpp
-os:
-  - linux
-  - osx
-compiler:
-  - clang
-  - gcc
-
-matrix:
-  exclude:
-    - os: osx
-      compiler: gcc
-
-env:
-  - DEFINES=standard
-  - DEFINES=PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE
-  - DEFINES=PUGIXML_COMPACT
-  - DEFINES=PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS
-
-script:
-  - if [[ ! ( "$CXX" == "clang++" && "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ) ]]; then make test cxxstd=c++11 defines=$DEFINES config=coverage -j2; fi
-  - if [[ "$CXX" == "clang++" ]]; then make test cxxstd=c++11 defines=$DEFINES config=sanitize -j2; fi
-  - make test cxxstd=c++11 defines=$DEFINES config=release -j2
-  - make test cxxstd=c++98 defines=$DEFINES config=debug -j2
-
-after_success:
-  - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -f pugixml.cpp.gcov
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2982ec2..1d49def 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pugixml [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/zeux/pugixml.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/zeux/pugixml) [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/9hdks1doqvq8pwe7/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zeux/pugixml) [![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/github/zeux/pugixml/coverage.svg?branch=master)](https://codecov.io/github/zeux/pugixml?branch=master) ![MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)
+pugixml [![Actions Status](https://github.com/zeux/pugixml/workflows/build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/zeux/pugixml/actions) [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/9hdks1doqvq8pwe7/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zeux/pugixml) [![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/github/zeux/pugixml/coverage.svg?branch=master)](https://codecov.io/github/zeux/pugixml?branch=master) ![MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)
 =======
 
 pugixml is a C++ XML processing library, which consists of a DOM-like interface with rich traversal/modification