diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 4dcaf8bd..30bbb438 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	}
 else:
 	db_settings = {
-		'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+		'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
 		'NAME': 'binder-test',
 		'HOST': 'localhost',
 		'USER': 'postgres',
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
 		'django.contrib.auth',
 		'django.contrib.contenttypes',
 		'django.contrib.sessions',
+		*(
+			['django.contrib.postgres']
+			if db_settings['ENGINE'] == 'django.db.backends.postgresql' else
+			[]
+		),
 		'binder',
 		'binder.plugins.token_auth',
 		'tests',
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@
 # Do the dance to ensure the models are synched to the DB.
 # This saves us from having to include migrations
 from django.core.management.commands.migrate import Command as MigrationCommand # noqa
-from django.db import connections # noqa
+from django.db import connection, connections # noqa
 from django.db.migrations.executor import MigrationExecutor # noqa
 
 # This is oh so hacky....
@@ -132,3 +137,8 @@
 Permission.objects.get_or_create(content_type=content_type, codename='view_country')
 call_command('define_groups')
 
+
+# Create postgres extensions
+if db_settings['ENGINE'] == 'django.db.backends.postgresql':
+	with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+		cursor.execute('CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS unaccent;')
diff --git a/tests/filters/test_text_filters.py b/tests/filters/test_text_filters.py
index 82cf5b33..a4ddb525 100644
--- a/tests/filters/test_text_filters.py
+++ b/tests/filters/test_text_filters.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
+import unittest
+import os
 from django.test import TestCase, Client
 from binder.json import jsonloads
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.contrib.postgres.operations import UnaccentExtension
 
 from ..testapp.models import Caretaker
 
 class TextFiltersTest(TestCase):
 	def setUp(self):
 		super().setUp()
-		UnaccentExtension()
 		u = User(username='testuser', is_active=True, is_superuser=True)
 		u.set_password('test')
 		u.save()
@@ -37,14 +37,17 @@ def test_text_filter_exact_match(self):
 		self.assertEqual(0, len(result['data']))
 
 
-	# [TODO] unaccent needs to be installed as an extension on postgres to make it work
-	# def test_text_filter_unaccent_chained_qualifier_match(self):
-	# 	response = self.client.get('/caretaker/', data={'.name:unaccent': 'Śtefan'})
+	@unittest.skipIf(
+		os.environ.get('BINDER_TEST_MYSQL', '0') != '0',
+		"Only available with PostgreSQL"
+	)
+	def test_text_filter_unaccent_chained_qualifier_match(self):
+		response = self.client.get('/caretaker/', data={'.name:unaccent': 'Śtefan'})
 
-	# 	self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+		self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
 
-	# 	result = jsonloads(response.content)
-	# 	self.assertEqual(0, len(result['data']))
+		result = jsonloads(response.content)
+		self.assertEqual(0, len(result['data']))
 
 	def test_text_filter_iexact(self):
 		response = self.client.get('/caretaker/', data={'.name:iexact': 'stefan'})
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ def test_text_filter_contains(self):
 		result = jsonloads(response.content)
 		print(result)
 		self.assertEqual(0, len(result['data']))
-  
+
 		response = self.client.get('/caretaker/', data={'.name:contains': 'Stef'})
 
 		self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ def test_text_filter_istartswith(self):
 		print(result)
 		self.assertEqual(1, len(result['data']))
 		self.assertEqual('Stefan', result['data'][0]['name'])
-  
+
 	def test_text_filter_endswith(self):
 		response = self.client.get('/caretaker/', data={'.name:endswith': 'efa'})
 
@@ -222,4 +225,4 @@ def test_text_filter_iendswith(self):
 		print(result)
 		self.assertEqual(1, len(result['data']))
 		self.assertEqual('Stefan', result['data'][0]['name'])
-	
\ No newline at end of file
+