diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index add05a621a..dde8c3080f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,37 @@
 language: python
 cache: pip
+
+service:
+  - posgresql
+  - mysql
+
 python:
-  - "3.6"
-sudo: false
+  - "3.7"
+
+env:
+  - TESTING_DB=sqlite3
+  - TESTING_DB=postgresql
+  - TESTING_DB=mysql
+
+before_install:
+  - psql -c "CREATE USER evennia WITH PASSWORD 'password'; CREATE DATABASE evennia; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE evennia TO evennia;'"
+  - mysql -e "CREATE USER 'evennia'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; CREATE DATABASE evennia; ALTER DATABASE `evennia` CHARACTER SET utf8; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON evennia.* TO 'evennia'@'localost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+
 install:
+  - pip install psycopg2-binary
+  - pip install mysqlclient
   - pip install -e .
   - pip install coveralls
+
 before_script:
-  - evennia --init dummy
-  - cd dummy
+  - python -VV
+  - evennia --init testing_mygame
+  - cp .travis/testing_settings.py testing_mygame/server/conf/settings.py
+  - cd testing_mygame
   - evennia migrate
+
 script:
   - coverage run --source=../evennia --omit=*/migrations/*,*/urls.py,*/test*.py,*.sh,*.txt,*.md,*.pyc,*.service ../bin/unix/evennia test evennia
+
 after_success:
   - coveralls
diff --git a/.travis/testing_settings.py b/.travis/testing_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46a53e4396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/testing_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+"""
+Evennia settings file.
+
+The available options are found in the default settings file found
+here:
+
+/home/griatch/Devel/Home/evennia/evennia/evennia/settings_default.py
+
+Remember:
+
+Don't copy more from the default file than you actually intend to
+change; this will make sure that you don't overload upstream updates
+unnecessarily.
+
+When changing a setting requiring a file system path (like
+path/to/actual/file.py), use GAME_DIR and EVENNIA_DIR to reference
+your game folder and the Evennia library folders respectively. Python
+paths (path.to.module) should be given relative to the game's root
+folder (typeclasses.foo) whereas paths within the Evennia library
+needs to be given explicitly (evennia.foo).
+
+If you want to share your game dir, including its settings, you can
+put secret game- or server-specific settings in secret_settings.py.
+
+"""
+
+import os
+
+# Use the defaults from Evennia unless explicitly overridden
+from evennia.settings_default import *
+
+######################################################################
+# Evennia base server config
+######################################################################
+
+# This is the name of your game. Make it catchy!
+SERVERNAME = "testing_mygame"
+
+# Testing database types
+
+if os.environ.get("TESTING_DB") == "postgresql":
+    DATABASES = {
+        'default': {
+            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+            'NAME': 'evennia',
+            'USER': 'evennia',
+            'PASSWORD': '',
+            'HOST': 'localhost',
+            'PORT': ''    # use default
+        }}
+elif os.environ.get("TESTING_DB") == "mysql":
+    DATABASES = {
+       'default': {
+           'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+           'NAME': 'evennia',
+           'USER': 'evennia',
+           'PASSWORD': '',
+           'HOST': 'localhost',  # or an IP Address that your DB is hosted on
+           'PORT': '',  # use default port
+       }
+    }
+else:  # default sqlite3, use default settings
+    pass
+
+
+######################################################################
+# Settings given in secret_settings.py override those in this file.
+######################################################################
+try:
+    from server.conf.secret_settings import *
+except ImportError:
+    print("secret_settings.py file not found or failed to import.")