diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 536b5a84..f583a803 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ env:
   - ZSTD_TRAVIS_CI_ENV=test  
   - ZSTD_TRAVIS_CI_ENV="-C programs test32"  
   - ZSTD_TRAVIS_CI_ENV="-C programs test-zstd_nolegacy"
+  - ZSTD_TRAVIS_CI_ENV="-C versionsTest"  
   - ZSTD_TRAVIS_CI_ENV=usan
   - ZSTD_TRAVIS_CI_ENV=asan
   - ZSTD_TRAVIS_CI_ENV=asan32
diff --git a/versionsTest/.gitignore b/versionsTest/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdb2cbdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versionsTest/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Tmp test directory
+zstdtest
+
diff --git a/versionsTest/Makefile b/versionsTest/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..420b81e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versionsTest/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# ##########################################################################
+# Zstd tests - Makefile
+# Based on LZ4 version test, by Takayuki Matsuoka - 2015-2016
+#
+# GPL v2 License
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# You can contact the author at :
+#  - ZSTD homepage : http://www.zstd.net/
+# ##########################################################################
+# versionstest : Compatibility test between zstd versions stored on Github (v0.1+)
+# ##########################################################################
+
+PYTHON?= python3
+TESTDIR := zstdtest
+
+default: all
+
+all: versionsTest
+
+versionsTest:
+	$(PYTHON) test-zstd-versions.py
+
+clean:
+	@rm -fR $(TESTDIR)
+	@echo Cleaning completed
diff --git a/versionsTest/test-zstd-versions.py b/versionsTest/test-zstd-versions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..744d30dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versionsTest/test-zstd-versions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Based on LZ4 version test script, by Takayuki Matsuoka
+
+import glob
+import subprocess
+import filecmp
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+import hashlib
+
+repo_url = 'https://github.com/Cyan4973/zstd.git'
+tmp_dir_name = 'versionsTest/zstdtest'
+make_cmd = 'make'
+git_cmd = 'git'
+test_dat_src = 'README.md'
+test_dat = 'test_dat'
+head = 'vdevel'
+
+def proc(cmd_args, pipe=True, dummy=False):
+    if dummy:
+        return
+    if pipe:
+        subproc = subprocess.Popen(cmd_args,
+                                   stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                   stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    else:
+        subproc = subprocess.Popen(cmd_args)
+    return subproc.communicate()
+
+def make(args, pipe=True):
+    return proc([make_cmd] + args, pipe)
+
+def git(args, pipe=True):
+    return proc([git_cmd] + args, pipe)
+
+def get_git_tags():
+    stdout, stderr = git(['tag', '-l', 'v[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]'])
+    tags = stdout.decode('utf-8').split()
+    return tags
+
+def compress_sample(tag, sample):
+    print(tag)
+    if subprocess.call(['./zstd.' + tag, '-f'  ,  sample])==0:   # for some reason, compressed file is not created (or is overwritten ?) when pipe=True
+        os.rename(sample + '.zst', sample + '_01_64_' + tag + '.zst')
+    if subprocess.call(['./zstd.' + tag, '-5f' ,  sample])==0:
+        os.rename(sample + '.zst', sample + '_05_64_' + tag + '.zst')
+    if subprocess.call(['./zstd.' + tag, '-9f' ,  sample])==0 :
+        os.rename(sample + '.zst', sample + '_09_64_' + tag + '.zst')
+    if subprocess.call(['./zstd.' + tag, '-15f',  sample])==0 :
+        os.rename(sample + '.zst', sample + '_15_64_' + tag + '.zst')
+    if subprocess.call(['./zstd.' + tag, '-18f',  sample])==0:
+        os.rename(sample + '.zst', sample + '_18_64_' + tag + '.zst')
+    # zstdFiles = glob.glob("*.zst*")
+    # print(zstdFiles)
+
+# http://stackoverflow.com/a/19711609/2132223
+def sha1_of_file(filepath):
+    with open(filepath, 'rb') as f:
+        return hashlib.sha1(f.read()).hexdigest()
+
+def remove_duplicates():
+    list_of_zst = sorted(glob.glob('*.zst'))
+    for i, ref_zst in enumerate(list_of_zst):
+        if not os.path.isfile(ref_zst):
+            continue
+        for j in range(i+1, len(list_of_zst)):
+            compared_zst = list_of_zst[j]
+            if not os.path.isfile(compared_zst):
+                continue
+            if filecmp.cmp(ref_zst, compared_zst):
+                os.remove(compared_zst)
+                print('duplicated : {} == {}'.format(ref_zst, compared_zst))
+
+def decompress_zst(tag):
+    dec_error = 0
+    list_zst = sorted(glob.glob('*.zst'))
+    for file_zst in list_zst:
+        print(file_zst, end=" ")
+        print(tag, end=" ")
+        file_dec = file_zst + '_d64_' + tag + '.dec'
+        if subprocess.call(['./zstd.'   + tag, '-df', file_zst, '-o', file_dec])==0:
+            if not filecmp.cmp(file_dec, test_dat):
+                print('ERR !! ')
+                dec_error = 1
+            else:
+                print('OK     ')
+    return dec_error
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    error_code = 0
+    base_dir = os.getcwd() + '/..'           # /path/to/zstd
+    tmp_dir = base_dir + '/' + tmp_dir_name  # /path/to/zstd/versionsTest/zstdtest
+    clone_dir = tmp_dir + '/' + 'zstd'       # /path/to/zstd/versionsTest/zstdtest/zstd
+    programs_dir = base_dir + '/programs'    # /path/to/zstd/programs
+    os.makedirs(tmp_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    # since Travis clones limited depth, we should clone full repository
+    if not os.path.isdir(clone_dir):
+        git(['clone', repo_url, clone_dir])
+
+    shutil.copy2(base_dir + '/' + test_dat_src, tmp_dir + '/' + test_dat)
+
+    # Retrieve all release tags
+    print('Retrieve all release tags :')
+    os.chdir(clone_dir)
+    tags = get_git_tags() + [head]
+    print(tags);
+
+    # Build all release zstd
+    for tag in tags:
+        os.chdir(base_dir)
+        dst_zstd   = '{}/zstd.{}'  .format(tmp_dir, tag) # /path/to/zstd/test/zstdtest/zstd.<TAG>
+        if not os.path.isfile(dst_zstd) or tag == head:
+            if tag != head:
+                r_dir = '{}/{}'.format(tmp_dir, tag)  # /path/to/zstd/test/zstdtest/<TAG>
+                os.makedirs(r_dir, exist_ok=True)
+                os.chdir(clone_dir)
+                git(['--work-tree=' + r_dir, 'checkout', tag, '--', '.'], False)
+                os.chdir(r_dir + '/programs')  # /path/to/zstd/zstdtest/<TAG>/programs
+                make(['clean', 'zstd'], False)
+            else:
+                os.chdir(programs_dir)
+                make(['zstd'], False)
+            shutil.copy2('zstd',   dst_zstd)
+
+    # remove any remaining *.zst and *.dec from previous test
+    os.chdir(tmp_dir)
+    for compressed in glob.glob("*.zst"):
+        os.remove(compressed)
+    for dec in glob.glob("*.dec"):   
+        os.remove(dec)
+
+    print('Compress test.dat by all released zstd')
+
+    error_code = 0;
+    for tag in tags:
+        print(tag)
+        compress_sample(tag, test_dat)
+        remove_duplicates()
+        error_code += decompress_zst(tag)
+
+    print('')
+    print('Enumerate different compressed files')
+    zstds = sorted(glob.glob('*.zst'))
+    for zstd in zstds:
+        print(zstd + ' : ' + repr(os.path.getsize(zstd)) + ', ' + sha1_of_file(zstd))
+
+    if error_code != 0:
+        print('==== ERROR !!! =====')
+
+    sys.exit(error_code)