diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 91bb8926a6..457aa6948e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ script: "travis_retry mvn clean package license:check -Dmaven.test.skip=false"
 cache:
   directories:
   - $HOME/.m2
+notifications:
+  irc: "irc.freenode.org#dspace"