diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/README.md b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/README.md
index f79f130797d6..3d7f88336896 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/README.md
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # kibana-plugin-helpers
 
+[![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/elastic/kibana-plugin-helpers/tree/master.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/elastic/kibana-plugin-helpers/tree/master)
+
 Just some helpers for kibana plugin devs.
 
 This simple CLI has several tasks that plugin devs can run from to easily debug, test, or package kibana plugins.
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/circle.yml b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/circle.yml
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index 000000000000..b00026e21375
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+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/circle.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+machine:
+  node:
+    version: 6