diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1814ee6fa..74ce552e6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ before_script:
       rm -rf /tmp/ba-elf-gcc* /tmp/jn516x-sdk* &&
       ba-elf-gcc --version ;
     fi
+    
+  ## Install mainline ARM toolchain and download nRF52 SDK
+  - if [ ${BUILD_ARCH:-0} = nrf52dk ] ; then
+      sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:terry.guo/gcc-arm-embedded &&
+      sudo apt-get -qq update &&
+      sudo apt-get -qq install gcc-arm-none-eabi srecord &&
+      arm-none-eabi-gcc --version &&
+      $WGET https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF5_IoT_SDK/nRF5_IoT_SDK_v0.9.x/nrf5_iot_sdk_3288530.zip &&
+      mkdir /tmp/nrf52-sdk &&
+      unzip nrf5_iot_sdk_3288530.zip -d /tmp/nrf52-sdk &&
+      export NRF52_SDK_ROOT=/tmp/nrf52-sdk ;
+    fi
 
   ## Compile cooja.jar only when it's going to be needed
   - if [ ${BUILD_CATEGORY:-sim} = sim ] ; then
@@ -138,5 +150,6 @@ env:
   - BUILD_TYPE='compile-6502-ports' BUILD_CATEGORY='compile' BUILD_ARCH='6502'
   - BUILD_TYPE='compile-arm-ports' BUILD_CATEGORY='compile' BUILD_ARCH='arm-aapcs'
   - BUILD_TYPE='compile-nxp-ports' BUILD_CATEGORY='compile' BUILD_ARCH='jn516x'
+  - BUILD_TYPE='compile-nrf52-ports' BUILD_CATEGORY='compile' BUILD_ARCH='nrf52dk'
   - BUILD_TYPE='slip-radio' MAKE_TARGETS='cooja'
   - BUILD_TYPE='llsec' MAKE_TARGETS='cooja'
diff --git a/regression-tests/23-compile-nrf52-ports/Makefile b/regression-tests/23-compile-nrf52-ports/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e9ee19de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regression-tests/23-compile-nrf52-ports/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+EXAMPLESDIR=../../examples
+TOOLSDIR=../../tools
+
+# Note, that SERVER_IPV6_ADDR variable is set to ffff on purpose
+# even though it's not a valid IPV6 address. This is due to limitation
+# of the testing framework which splits compliation arguments using
+# a colon.
+ 
+EXAMPLES = \
+hello-world/nrf52dk \
+nrf52dk/blink-hello/nrf52dk \
+nrf52dk/coap-demo/nrf52dk:coap-server \
+nrf52dk/coap-demo/nrf52dk:coap-client:SERVER_IPV6_ADDR=ffff \
+nrf52dk/mqtt-demo/nrf52dk \
+nrf52dk/timer-test/nrf52dk
+
+TOOLS=
+
+include ../Makefile.compile-test