diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d0edc7650..9890f7403 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ addons:
     - mysql-server-5.6
     - mysql-client-core-5.6
     - mysql-client-5.6
+services:
+  - mysql
 language: ruby
 rvm:
   - 2.3.1