diff --git a/runbot/__manifest__.py b/runbot/__manifest__.py
index c6f3e01b..d3ae0c49 100644
--- a/runbot/__manifest__.py
+++ b/runbot/__manifest__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         'templates/assets.xml',
         'templates/dashboard.xml',
         'templates/nginx.xml',
+        'templates/badge.xml',
         'data/runbot_cron.xml'
     ],
 }
diff --git a/runbot/controllers/__init__.py b/runbot/controllers/__init__.py
index 9f86673f..96d149ab 100644
--- a/runbot/controllers/__init__.py
+++ b/runbot/controllers/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from . import frontend
-from . import hook
\ No newline at end of file
+from . import hook
+from . import badge
diff --git a/runbot/controllers/badge.py b/runbot/controllers/badge.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43351ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runbot/controllers/badge.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import hashlib
+
+import werkzeug
+from matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties
+from matplotlib.textpath import TextToPath
+
+from odoo.http import request, route, Controller
+
+
+class RunbotBadge(Controller):
+
+    @route([
+        '/runbot/badge/<int:repo_id>/<branch>.svg',
+        '/runbot/badge/<any(default,flat):theme>/<int:repo_id>/<branch>.svg',
+    ], type="http", auth="public", methods=['GET', 'HEAD'])
+    def badge(self, repo_id, branch, theme='default'):
+
+        domain = [('repo_id', '=', repo_id),
+                  ('branch_id.branch_name', '=', branch),
+                  ('branch_id.sticky', '=', True),
+                  ('state', 'in', ['testing', 'running', 'done']),
+                  ('result', 'not in', ['skipped', 'manually_killed']),
+                  ]
+
+        last_update = '__last_update'
+        builds = request.env['runbot.build'].sudo().search_read(
+            domain, ['state', 'result', 'job_age', last_update],
+            order='id desc', limit=1)
+
+        if not builds:
+            return request.not_found()
+
+        build = builds[0]
+        etag = request.httprequest.headers.get('If-None-Match')
+        retag = hashlib.md5(build[last_update].encode()).hexdigest()
+
+        if etag == retag:
+            return werkzeug.wrappers.Response(status=304)
+
+        if build['state'] == 'testing':
+            state = 'testing'
+            cache_factor = 1
+        else:
+            cache_factor = 2
+            if build['result'] == 'ok':
+                state = 'success'
+            elif build['result'] == 'warn':
+                state = 'warning'
+            else:
+                state = 'failed'
+
+        # from https://github.com/badges/shields/blob/master/colorscheme.json
+        color = {
+            'testing': "#dfb317",
+            'success': "#4c1",
+            'failed': "#e05d44",
+            'warning': "#fe7d37",
+        }[state]
+
+        def text_width(s):
+            fp = FontProperties(family='DejaVu Sans', size=11)
+            w, h, d = TextToPath().get_text_width_height_descent(s, fp, False)
+            return int(w + 1)
+
+        class Text(object):
+            __slot__ = ['text', 'color', 'width']
+
+            def __init__(self, text, color):
+                self.text = text
+                self.color = color
+                self.width = text_width(text) + 10
+
+        data = {
+            'left': Text(branch, '#555'),
+            'right': Text(state, color),
+        }
+        five_minutes = 5 * 60
+        headers = [
+            ('Content-Type', 'image/svg+xml'),
+            ('Cache-Control', 'max-age=%d' % (five_minutes * cache_factor,)),
+            ('ETag', retag),
+        ]
+        return request.render("runbot.badge_" + theme, data, headers=headers)
diff --git a/runbot/templates/badge.xml b/runbot/templates/badge.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98f3f289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runbot/templates/badge.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<odoo>
+  <data>
+    <template id="runbot.badge_default">&lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt;
+      <svg t-attf-xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" t-attf-width="{{left.width + right.width}}" height="18">
+        <!-- from https://github.com/badges/shields/tree/master/templates -->
+        <linearGradient id="smooth" x2="0" y2="100%">
+          <stop offset="0"  stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity=".7"/>
+          <stop offset=".1" stop-color="#aaa" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+          <stop offset=".9" stop-color="#000" stop-opacity=".3"/>
+          <stop offset="1"  stop-color="#000" stop-opacity=".5"/>
+        </linearGradient>
+        <rect rx="4" t-attf-width="{{ left.width + right.width }}" height="18" t-att-fill="left.color"/>
+        <rect rx="4" t-att-x="left.width" t-att-width="right.width" height="18" t-att-fill="right.color"/>
+        <rect t-att-x="left.width" width="4" height="18" t-att-fill="right.color"/>
+        <rect rx="4" t-attf-width="{{ left.width + right.width }}" height="18" fill="url(#smooth)"/>
+        <g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11">
+          <text t-attf-x="{{left.width/2+1}}" y="13" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3"><t t-esc="left.text"/></text>
+          <text t-attf-x="{{left.width/2+1}}" y="12"><t t-esc="left.text"/></text>
+          <text t-attf-x="{{left.width+right.width/2-1}}" y="13" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3"><t t-esc="right.text"/></text>
+          <text t-attf-x="{{left.width+right.width/2-1}}" y="12"><t t-esc="right.text"/></text>
+        </g>
+      </svg>
+    </template>
+    <template id="runbot.badge_flat">&lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt;
+      <svg t-attf-xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" t-attf-width="{{left.width + right.width}}" height="20">
+        <!-- from https://github.com/badges/shields/tree/master/templates -->
+        <linearGradient id="smooth" x2="0" y2="100%">
+          <stop offset="0"  stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+          <stop offset=".1" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+          <stop offset=".9" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+          <stop offset="1"  stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+        </linearGradient>
+        <rect rx="3" t-attf-width="{{ left.width + right.width }}" height="20" t-att-fill="left.color"/>
+        <rect rx="3" t-att-x="left.width" t-att-width="right.width" height="20" t-att-fill="right.color"/>
+        <rect t-att-x="left.width" width="4" height="20" t-att-fill="right.color"/>
+        <rect rx="3" t-attf-width="{{ left.width + right.width }}" height="20" fill="url(#smooth)"/>
+        <g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11">
+          <text t-attf-x="{{left.width/2+1}}" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3"><t t-esc="left.text"/></text>
+          <text t-attf-x="{{left.width/2+1}}" y="14"><t t-esc="left.text"/></text>
+          <text t-attf-x="{{left.width+right.width/2-1}}" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3"><t t-esc="right.text"/></text>
+          <text t-attf-x="{{left.width+right.width/2-1}}" y="14"><t t-esc="right.text"/></text>
+        </g>
+      </svg>
+    </template>
+  </data>
+</odoo>