diff --git a/tests/test_model.py b/tests/test_model.py
index cdcaeb221..76dceaa0e 100644
--- a/tests/test_model.py
+++ b/tests/test_model.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def __init__(self, user, password, database, host, port):
             import MySQLdb
             driver = 'mysql+mysqldb'
         except ImportError:
-            driver = 'mysql+pymsql'
+            driver = 'mysql+pymysql'
 
         self.url = URL(driver, user, password, host, port, database)
         self._engine = create_engine(self.url, echo=True)