diff --git a/scripts/libpostal/1.1-alpha/.travis.yml b/scripts/libpostal/1.1-alpha/.travis.yml
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+language: generic
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode8
+      compiler: clang
+    - os: linux
+      sudo: false
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+           - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+           - libstdc++-4.8-dev
+           - pandoc
+
+script:
+- ./mason build ${MASON_NAME} ${MASON_VERSION}
+- nm $(./mason prefix ${MASON_NAME} ${MASON_VERSION})/bin/libpostal | grep "GLIBC" | c++filt  || true
+- ./mason publish ${MASON_NAME} ${MASON_VERSION}
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diff --git a/scripts/libpostal/1.1-alpha/script.sh b/scripts/libpostal/1.1-alpha/script.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+MASON_NAME=libpostal
+MASON_VERSION=1.1-alpha
+MASON_LIB_FILE=bin/libpostal
+
+. ${MASON_DIR}/mason.sh
+
+function mason_load_source {
+    mason_download \
+        https://github.com/openvenues/${MASON_NAME}/archive/v${MASON_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+        b9a4972d0f2fcdc8b24ef91adf4a7749865f4865
+
+    mason_extract_tar_gz
+
+    export MASON_BUILD_PATH=${MASON_ROOT}/.build/${MASON_NAME}-${MASON_VERSION}
+}
+
+function mason_prepare_compile {
+
+    # installation instructions from https://github.com/openvenues/libpostal
+
+    if [[ $(uname -s) == 'Linux' ]]
+    then
+        yum install curl autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig
+    elif [[ $(uname -s) == 'Darwin' ]]
+    then
+        brew install curl autoconf automake libtool pkg-config
+    fi
+
+}
+
+function mason_compile {
+    ./bootstrap.sh
+    ./configure --datadir=${MASON_ROOT}/libpostal-data/
+
+    if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME:-} ]]; then
+        make VERBOSE=1 -j4
+    else
+        make VERBOSE=1 -j${MASON_CONCURRENCY}
+    fi
+
+    make install
+
+    if [[ $(uname -s) == 'Linux' ]]
+    then
+        ldconfig
+    fi
+
+}
+
+function mason_cflags {
+    :
+}
+
+function mason_ldflags {
+    :
+}
+
+function mason_static_libs {
+    :
+}
+
+mason_run "$@"
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