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-## libcontainer - reference implementation for containers
+## libcontainer - reference implementation for containers [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/docker/libcontainer.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/docker/libcontainer)
 
 ### Note on API changes: