diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a60472595dff62f5ddd59a33c5d4e159595229c9..61e56577bb1e3627deda6cd6410ebd23a1000247 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,12 @@ branches:
     - master
 
 notifications:
-  disable: true
+  email:
+    on_success: change
+    on_failure: all
+  irc:
+    on_success: all
+    on_failure: all
+    channels:
+      - 'irc.freenode.org#diaspora-dev'
+      - 'irc.freenode.org#diaspora-de'