diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a28da33..da7aeb5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ before_install:
   - "export DISPLAY=:99.0"
   - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
 before_script:
+  - cp config/database.yml.travis config/database.yml
   - psql -c 'create database bike_bike_test;' -U postgres
diff --git a/config/database.yml.travis b/config/database.yml.travis
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e617ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/database.yml.travis
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+test:
+  adapter: postgresql
+  encoding: unicode
+  database: travis_ci_test
+  username: postgres