diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a48537f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+name: Quick Test
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  default:
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-18.04, ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        python-version: [2.7, 3.8]
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-18.04
+            python-version: 3.9
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Set environment variables
+      run: |
+        if [[ ${{ runner.os }} == macOS ]]; then
+        echo "LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/include" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        fi
+    - name: Install apt dependencies
+      if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' }}
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update -q
+        install="sudo apt-get install
+        -yq --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends"
+        $install build-essential libcap-dev libssl-dev python-all-dev tor
+        if [[ ! ${{ matrix.python-version }} == 2.7 ]]; then
+        $install qtbase5-dev qt5-default
+        fi
+    - name: Install brew dependencies
+      if: ${{ runner.os == 'macOS' && matrix.python-version == '2.7' }}
+      run: |
+        brew install tor
+        brew services start tor
+    - name: Install python dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install wheel
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - name: Portable run
+      if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-18.04' && matrix.python-version == '2.7' }}
+      run: |
+        python -m pybitmessage.bitmessagemain -t
+    - name: Install
+      run: |
+        python setup.py install
+    - name: Install additional python dependencies
+      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.8' }}
+      run: |
+        pip install bandit flake8
+    - name: Lint
+      if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.python-version == '3.8' }}
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 pybitmessage --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 \
+        --show-source --statistics --exit-zero
+        bandit -r --exit-zero -x tests,bitmessagecurses -s B608 pybitmessage
+    - name: Test
+      run: |
+        export PYTHONWARNINGS=all
+        python checkdeps.py
+        python src/bitmessagemain.py -t
+        python -bm tests
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a4e0547c..77c8bae6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 max-line-length = 119
 
 [flake8]
+exclude = bitmessagecurses,network,umsgpack,bitmessagecli.py
 max-line-length = 119
 ignore = E722,F841,W503
 # E722: pylint is preferred for bare-except