diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d54426cb7..48ea79877 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ services:
 stages:
   # order stages
   - name: opensuse
+  - name: centos
   - name: fedora
   - name: osx
   - name: ubuntu_precise
@@ -72,6 +73,33 @@ jobs:
       sudo docker cp -a ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR} mobydick:/tmp                                    \
       &&                                                                                     \
       sudo docker start -a mobydick
+  # centos: "recent" systems with ICB
+  - stage: centos
+    dist: bionic
+    script: |
+      sudo docker pull centos                                                  \
+      &&                                                                       \
+      sudo docker create --name mobydick centos /bin/bash -c                   \
+      "dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core epel-release                         && \
+       dnf upgrade -y                                                       && \
+       dnf config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools                          && \
+       dnf install -y git make gcc gcc-gfortran gcc-c++ environment-modules && \
+       dnf install -y cmake                                                 && \
+       dnf install -y mpich-devel                                           && \
+       dnf --enablerepo=\"epel\" install -y openblas-devel lapack-devel     && \
+       . /etc/profile.d/modules.sh                                          && \
+       module avail && module load mpi && module list                       && \
+       cd /tmp                                                              && \
+       cd arpack-ng                                                         && \
+       git status                                                           && \
+       git log -2                                                           && \
+       mkdir -p build && cd build                                           && \
+       cmake -DEXAMPLES=ON -DMPI=ON -DICB=ON ..                             && \
+       make all && make test"                                                  \
+      &&                                                                       \
+      sudo docker cp -a ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR} mobydick:/tmp                      \
+      &&                                                                       \
+      sudo docker start -a mobydick
   # fedora (released fedora with openmpi)
   - stage: fedora
     name: "Fedora latest with openmpi"
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index aa9e458fe..984e2babc 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ arpack-ng - 3.8.0
  * [BUG FIX]: fix 'Unknown CMake command "check_symbol_exists".' when ICB=ON.
 
 [ Franck Houssen ]
+ * CI: Support for centos added in automation.
  * CI: Support for opensuse added in automation.
  * arpackSolver/arpackmm: switch eigen version to 3.3.
  * [BUG FIX] fix arpackdef.h (resp. arpackicb.h) must be included only by C/C++ (resp. F77/F90).