diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+language: php
+php:
+  - 5.3.3
+  - 5.3
+  - 5.4
+  - 5.5
+
+env:
+  - DB=mariadb
+  - DB=mysql
+  - DB=postgres
+
+before_script:
+  # MUST UPDATE THIS FOR YOUR EXTENSION
+  - VENDOR="phpbb"
+  - NAME="boardrules"
+
+  # clone phpBB
+  - git clone "git://github.com/phpbb-extensions/test-framework.git" "./../../test-framework"
+  
+  # run the prepare-travis.sh file from the cloned repo to finish the setup
+  - ./../../test-framework/prepare-travis.sh "$VENDOR" "$NAME" "$DB"
+
+  # Go to the root phpBB repository that was cloned from prepare-travis.sh,
+  # so the script path and relative paths are correct
+  - cd ../../phpbb
+
+script:
+  - ./phpBB/vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration ./phpBB/ext/$VENDOR/$NAME/travis/phpunit-$DB-travis.xml
diff --git a/tests/system/base_test.php b/tests/system/base_test.php
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+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package testing
+* @copyright (c) 2013 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+class extension_system_base_test extends phpbb_test_case
+{
+	/**
+	* Very basic test we're running here
+	*
+	* Mostly just to check that our test case is running
+	*/
+	public function test_check()
+	{
+		$this->assertTrue(true);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/system/database_base_test.php b/tests/system/database_base_test.php
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+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package testing
+* @copyright (c) 2013 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+class extension_system_database_base_test extends phpbb_database_test_case
+{
+	public function getDataSet()
+	{
+		return $this->createXMLDataSet(dirname(__FILE__) . '/fixtures/config.xml');
+	}
+
+	public function setUp()
+	{
+		parent::setUp();
+
+		$this->db = $this->new_dbal();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Very basic test we're running here
+	*
+	* Mostly just to check that our test case is running
+	*/
+	public function test_check()
+	{
+		$sql = 'SELECT *
+			FROM phpbb_config';
+		$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql);
+		$this->assertEquals(array(
+			array(
+				'config_name'	=> 'foo',
+				'config_value'	=> 'bar',
+				'is_dynamic'	=> '0',
+			),
+		), $this->db->sql_fetchrowset($result));
+		$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/system/fixtures/config.xml b/tests/system/fixtures/config.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<dataset>
+	<table name="phpbb_config">
+		<column>config_name</column>
+		<column>config_value</column>
+		<column>is_dynamic</column>
+		<row>
+			<value>foo</value>
+			<value>bar</value>
+			<value>0</value>
+		</row>
+	</table>
+</dataset>