diff --git a/.github/workflows/matlab-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/matlab-ci.yml
index 24d0f97..01887d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/matlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/matlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-name: SDMX MATLAB CI
+name: MATLAB CI
 
 # Controls when the action will run.
 on:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/r-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/r-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1533af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/r-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+name: R CI
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
+  push:
+    branches: [ master, develop ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+    build-java:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+      steps:
+        - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+        # Setup job
+        - name: Set up JDK 11 for x64
+          uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+          with:
+            java-version: '11'
+            distribution: 'temurin'
+            architecture: x64
+        - run: echo $JAVA_HOME
+
+        - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+          with:
+            r-version: '4.3.2'
+
+        - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+          with:
+            packages: deps::./RJSDMX
+            extra-packages: any::RUnit
+
+        - name: Testing
+          run: |
+            R CMD INSTALL ./RJSDMX && \
+            Rscript -e "library(RUnit); library(RJSDMX); runTestFile('RJSDMX/R/test_automation/test.sdmx.r')"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21728b2..9471353 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 Sdmx Connectors 
 ====
 
-[![SDMX MATLAB CI](https://github.com/amattioc/SDMX/actions/workflows/matlab-ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/amattioc/SDMX/actions/workflows/matlab-ci.yml)
-
 Setup and Configuration: [SDMX wiki](https://github.com/amattioc/SDMX/wiki)<br>
 
+[![MATLAB CI](https://github.com/amattioc/SDMX/actions/workflows/matlab-ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/amattioc/SDMX/actions/workflows/matlab-ci.yml)
+
+[![R CI](https://github.com/amattioc/SDMX/actions/workflows/r-ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/amattioc/SDMX/actions/workflows/r-ci.yml)
+
 ![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/amattioc/SDMX)   ![Latest Release downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/amattioc/SDMX/latest/total)