diff --git a/spec/factories/recent_view.rb b/spec/factories/recent_view.rb
index 8ef6d159c..29889a35c 100644
--- a/spec/factories/recent_view.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/recent_view.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ FactoryBot.define do
 
     # select a random record of the given object class
     o_id do
-      type.to_s.camelcase.constantize.order('RANDOM()').first.id
+      random_function = case ActiveRecord::Base.connection_config[:adapter]
+                        when 'mysql2'
+                          'RAND'
+                        when 'postgresql'
+                          'RANDOM'
+                        end
+
+      type.to_s.camelcase.constantize.order("#{random_function}()").first.id
     end
 
     # assign to an existing user, if possible