diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6df5f28..b30219c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 language: ruby
 bundler_args: --without development
 before_script:
+  - psql -c 'create database myapp_test;' -U postgres
   - "cp config/database.travis.yml config/database.yml"
 script: ./script/cibuild.sh
 rvm:
diff --git a/config/database.travis.yml b/config/database.travis.yml
index 3c56f14..374a3e3 100644
--- a/config/database.travis.yml
+++ b/config/database.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 test:
-  adapter: mysql2
+  adapter: postgresql
   database: myapp_test
-  username: root
-  encoding: utf8
+  username: postgres