diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2f19043be5d..d225d0a08c1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ script:
       if [[ "${WITH_ETCD}" == "true" ]]; then
         export ETCD_DIR="${GOPATH}/bin"
       fi
+  - export TRILLIAN_SQL_DRIVER=mysql
   - ./trillian/integration/integration_test.sh
   - HAMMER_OPTS="--operations=1500" ./trillian/integration/ct_hammer_test.sh
   - set +e