diff --git a/maint/with-dbs b/maint/with-dbs
index 91160ef..ca10a40 100755
--- a/maint/with-dbs
+++ b/maint/with-dbs
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ export DBIITEST_PG_DSN='dbi:Pg:database=postgres;host=127.0.0.1;port=5432'
 export DBIITEST_PG_PASSWORD=postgres
 export DBIITEST_PG_USER=postgres
 
+# this takes too long to start for this to be comfortable
+# docker run --rm -p 49160:22 -p 49161:1521 -P --name ora_test wnameless/oracle-xe-11g > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+
+export DBIITEST_ORACLE_DSN='dbi:Oracle:xe'
+export DBIITEST_ORACLE_PASSWORD=oracle
+export DBIITEST_ORACLE_USER=system
+
 # stupid databases
 sleep 5