diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16041a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  PHPUnit:
+    name: PHPUnit (PHP ${{ matrix.php }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        php:
+          - 7.4
+          - 7.3
+          - 7.2
+          - 7.1
+          - 7.0
+          - 5.6
+          - 5.5
+          - 5.4
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
+          coverage: xdebug
+      - run: composer install
+      - run: docker run -d --name mysql --net=host -e MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=yes -e MYSQL_DATABASE=test -e MYSQL_USER=test -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=test mysql:5
+      - run: bash tests/wait-for-mysql.sh
+      - run: MYSQL_USER=test MYSQL_PASSWORD=test vendor/bin/phpunit
+
+  PHPUnit-hhvm:
+    name: PHPUnit (HHVM)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: azjezz/setup-hhvm@v1
+        with:
+          version: lts-3.30
+      - run: hhvm $(which composer) require phpunit/phpunit:^5 --dev --no-interaction
+      - run: docker run -d --name mysql --net=host -e MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=yes -e MYSQL_DATABASE=test -e MYSQL_USER=test -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=test mysql:5
+      - run: bash tests/wait-for-mysql.sh
+      - run: MYSQL_USER=test MYSQL_PASSWORD=test hhvm vendor/bin/phpunit
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1502b0..c8153b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-vendor/
-composer.lock
+/composer.lock
+/vendor/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f7e6f9..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-language: php
-
-php:
-  - 5.4
-  - 5.5
-  - 5.6
-  - 7.0
-  - 7.1
-  - 7.2
-  - 7.3
-# - hhvm # requires legacy phpunit & ignore errors, see below
-
-# lock distro so new future defaults will not break the build
-dist: trusty
-
-matrix:
-  include:
-    - php: hhvm
-      install: composer require phpunit/phpunit:^5 --dev --no-interaction
-  allow_failures:
-    - php: hhvm
-
-services:
-  - mysql
-
-sudo: false
-
-install:
-  - composer install --no-interaction
-
-before_script:
-  - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test;'
-
-script:
-  - DB_USER=root DB_PASSWD= ./vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05cbaab..721a62d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 # MySQL
 
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/friends-of-reactphp/mysql.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/friends-of-reactphp/mysql)
+[![CI status](https://github.com/friends-of-reactphp/mysql/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/friends-of-reactphp/mysql/actions)
 
 Async MySQL database client for [ReactPHP](https://reactphp.org/).
 
diff --git a/tests/wait-for-mysql.sh b/tests/wait-for-mysql.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00a39e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wait-for-mysql.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+CONTAINER="mysql"
+USERNAME="test"
+PASSWORD="test"
+while ! docker exec $CONTAINER mysql --user=$USERNAME --password=$PASSWORD -e "SELECT 1" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
+    sleep 1
+done