diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c9f0d5d3b6488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/*
+ *
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+def setupGradle() {
+  // Delete gradle cache to workaround cache corruption bugs, see KAFKA-3167
+  dir('.gradle') {
+    deleteDir()
+  }
+  sh './gradlew -version'
+}
+
+def doValidation() {
+  sh '''
+    ./gradlew -PscalaVersion=$SCALA_VERSION clean compileJava compileScala compileTestJava compileTestScala \
+        spotlessScalaCheck checkstyleMain checkstyleTest spotbugsMain rat \
+        --profile --no-daemon --continue -PxmlSpotBugsReport=true
+  '''
+}
+
+def doTest() {
+  sh '''
+    ./gradlew -PscalaVersion=$SCALA_VERSION unitTest integrationTest \
+        --profile --no-daemon --continue -PtestLoggingEvents=started,passed,skipped,failed \
+        -PignoreFailures=true -PmaxParallelForks=2 -PmaxTestRetries=1 -PmaxTestRetryFailures=5
+  '''
+  junit '**/build/test-results/**/TEST-*.xml'
+}
+
+def doStreamsArchetype() {
+  echo 'Verify that Kafka Streams archetype compiles'
+
+  sh '''
+    ./gradlew streams:install clients:install connect:json:install connect:api:install \
+         || { echo 'Could not install kafka-streams.jar (and dependencies) locally`'; exit 1; }
+  '''
+
+  VERSION = sh(script: 'grep "^version=" gradle.properties | cut -d= -f 2', returnStdout: true).trim()
+
+  dir('streams/quickstart') {
+    sh '''
+      mvn clean install -Dgpg.skip  \
+          || { echo 'Could not `mvn install` streams quickstart archetype'; exit 1; }
+    '''
+
+    dir('test-streams-archetype') {
+      // Note the double quotes for variable interpolation
+      sh """
+        echo "Y" | mvn archetype:generate \
+            -DarchetypeCatalog=local \
+            -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.kafka \
+            -DarchetypeArtifactId=streams-quickstart-java \
+            -DarchetypeVersion=${VERSION} \
+            -DgroupId=streams.examples \
+            -DartifactId=streams.examples \
+            -Dversion=0.1 \
+            -Dpackage=myapps \
+            || { echo 'Could not create new project using streams quickstart archetype'; exit 1; }
+      """
+
+      dir('streams.examples') {
+        sh '''
+          mvn compile \
+              || { echo 'Could not compile streams quickstart archetype project'; exit 1; }
+        '''
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+def tryStreamsArchetype() {
+  try {
+    doStreamsArchetype()
+  } catch(err) {
+    echo 'Failed to build Kafka Streams archetype, marking this build UNSTABLE'
+    currentBuild.result = 'UNSTABLE'
+  }
+}
+
+
+pipeline {
+  agent none
+  stages {
+    stage('Build') {
+      parallel {
+        stage('JDK 8') {
+          agent { label 'ubuntu' }
+          tools {
+            jdk 'JDK 1.8 (latest)'
+            maven 'Maven 3.6.3'
+          }
+          options {
+            timeout(time: 8, unit: 'HOURS')
+            timestamps()
+          }
+          environment {
+            SCALA_VERSION=2.12
+          }
+          steps {
+            setupGradle()
+            doValidation()
+            doTest()
+            tryStreamsArchetype()
+          }
+        }
+
+        stage('JDK 11') {
+          agent { label 'ubuntu' }
+          tools {
+            jdk 'JDK 11 (latest)'
+          }
+          options {
+            timeout(time: 8, unit: 'HOURS')
+            timestamps()
+          }
+          environment {
+            SCALA_VERSION=2.13
+          }
+          steps {
+            setupGradle()
+            doValidation()
+            doTest()
+            echo 'Skipping Kafka Streams archetype test for Java 11'
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6879aa55d438d..5055e38fe1b20 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ ext {
   buildVersionFileName = "kafka-version.properties"
 
   userMaxForks = project.hasProperty('maxParallelForks') ? maxParallelForks.toInteger() : null
+  userIgnoreFailures = project.hasProperty('ignoreFailures') ? ignoreFailures : false
 
   skipSigning = project.hasProperty('skipSigning') && skipSigning.toBoolean()
   shouldSign = !skipSigning && !version.endsWith("SNAPSHOT") && project.gradle.startParameter.taskNames.any { it.contains("upload") }
@@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ subprojects {
 
   test {
     maxParallelForks = userMaxForks ?: Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors()
+    ignoreFailures = userIgnoreFailures
 
     minHeapSize = "256m"
     maxHeapSize = "2048m"
@@ -309,6 +311,7 @@ subprojects {
 
   task integrationTest(type: Test, dependsOn: compileJava) {
     maxParallelForks = userMaxForks ?: Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors()
+    ignoreFailures = userIgnoreFailures
 
     minHeapSize = "256m"
     maxHeapSize = "2048m"
@@ -328,6 +331,7 @@ subprojects {
 
   task unitTest(type: Test, dependsOn: compileJava) {
     maxParallelForks = userMaxForks ?: Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors()
+    ignoreFailures = userIgnoreFailures
 
     minHeapSize = "256m"
     maxHeapSize = "2048m"