diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index da6e061..dd81e73 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ python:
   - "3.5"
 services:
   - redis-server
+before_script:
+  - psql -c "CREATE DATABASE mydb;" -U postgres
 install:
   - pip install -e . -r requirements-testing.txt $DJANGO_VERSION
 script:
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ after_success:
 env:
   global:
     - DB_HOST=localhost
+    - DB_NAME=mydb
     - REDIS_HOST=localhost
   matrix:
     - DJANGO_VERSION="django>=1.8,<1.9"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a16c1ed..7efc00f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ tests:
     - redis
   environment:
     DB_HOST: db
+    DB_NAME: postgres
     REDIS_HOST: redis
 db:
   image: postgres
diff --git a/tests/settings.py b/tests/settings.py
index abc4c52..925c2b6 100644
--- a/tests/settings.py
+++ b/tests/settings.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
-        'NAME': 'postgres',
+        'NAME': os.environ['DB_NAME'],
         'USER': 'postgres',
         'HOST': os.environ['DB_HOST'],
         'PORT': 5432,