diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index eb74639c46..978a120639 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ branches:
     - 2.0
     - 2.1
     - devel
+
+notifications:
+  irc: "chat.freenode.net#arangodb"