diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7c1e523e..172c7685 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ before_install:
   - java -version
   - echo "MAVEN_OPTS='-Xmx4g -Xss512m'" > ~/.mavenrc
 install: true
+services:
+  - mysql
 addons:
   sonarqube:
     organization: "jdbdt" 
@@ -30,4 +32,5 @@ matrix:
       env: 
         - GOALS="clean package site-deploy"
 script: 
+   - echo 9999 > $HOME/.my.cnf 
    - mvn -Djdbdt.site.path=file:///$HOME/jdbdt.org $GOALS
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jdbdt/mysql/MySQLDBSetup.java b/src/test/java/org/jdbdt/mysql/MySQLDBSetup.java
index 10d0cb40..d5cd777d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jdbdt/mysql/MySQLDBSetup.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jdbdt/mysql/MySQLDBSetup.java
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ public void stop() { }
 
   };
 
+  MySQLDBSetup TravisHandler = new MySQLDBSetup() {
+
+    @Override
+    public String start() {
+      return "jdbc:mysql://localhost:9999/jdbdt?user=travis&password=&useSSL=false&createDatabaseIfNotExist=true";
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public void stop() { }
+  };
+  
   MySQLDBSetup EmbeddedHandler = new MySQLDBSetup() {
     MysqldResource engine;
     static final String DB_PATH = "mysql";
@@ -67,6 +78,9 @@ static MySQLDBSetup get() {
       case AppVeyor:
         h = AppVeyorHandler;
         break;
+      case Travis:
+        h = TravisHandler;
+        break;
       default:
         h = EmbeddedHandler;
     }