diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 88d3d4598..73c214eb1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ jobs:
       - image: circleci/python:3.6.4
         environment:
           SECRET_KEY: abcd
+          DATABASE_URL: mysql://root:rootpw@localhost/promgen?charset=utf8mb4
+      - image: circleci/mysql:8.0.4
+        environment:
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpw
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: test_promgen
+          MYSQL_USER: root
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
@@ -23,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: mkdir -p test-results
       - run: python3 -m venv .venv
       - run: .venv/bin/pip install -r docker/requirements.txt
-      - run: .venv/bin/pip install -e .[dev]
+      - run: .venv/bin/pip install -e .[dev,mysql]
       - run: .venv/bin/promgen test --with-xunit --xunit-file test-results/nosetests.xml
       - run: .venv/bin/codecov
       - store_test_results: