diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 98b96466a..0142b9bfd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     include:
       - stage: "Tests"
         name: "Unit tests"
+	services:
+          - mysql
         before_script: bash scripts/prepareTestEnv.sh
         script: bash scripts/runTests.sh
       - stage: "System Tests"
diff --git a/scripts/prepareTestEnv.sh b/scripts/prepareTestEnv.sh
index 6c6dbc03a..c6d804f5a 100644
--- a/scripts/prepareTestEnv.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepareTestEnv.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
 
 whereis google-chrome-stable
 whereis chromedriver
+
+mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE Plan;'