diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1f056ab7..11bc9158 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 language: go
 sudo: false
 go:
-  - 1.5
   - 1.6
+  - 1.7
+
+before_install:
+  # don't use the miekg/dns when testing forks
+  - mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/miekg
+  - ln -s $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR $GOPATH/src/github.com/miekg/ || true
+
 script:
   - go test -race -v -bench=.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e3356cb..0c1f1b6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/miekg/dns.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/miekg/dns) [![](https://godoc.org/github.com/miekg/dns?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/miekg/dns)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/miekg/dns.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/miekg/dns)
+[![](https://godoc.org/github.com/miekg/dns?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/miekg/dns)
 
 # Alternative (more granular) approach to a DNS library
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ can build servers and resolvers with it.
 
 We try to keep the "master" branch as sane as possible and at the bleeding edge
 of standards, avoiding breaking changes wherever reasonable. We support the last
-two versions of Go, currently: 1.5 and 1.6.
+two versions of Go, currently: 1.6 and 1.7.
 
 # Goals