diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0a143c549..9f7130527 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+script: spec/ci.sh
 rvm:
   - 1.8.7
   - ree
   - 1.9.2
   - jruby
   - rbx
+env:
+  - DB=sqlite3
+  - DB=mysql
+  - DB=postgresql
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 791dad628..49f947074 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new do |t|
 end
 
 Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
-
diff --git a/spec/ci.sh b/spec/ci.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c769d881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+cp spec/database.yml.example spec/database.yml && bundle install && bundle exec rake prepare_ci_env db:create db:migrate && bundle exec rake spec
diff --git a/spec/database.yml.sample b/spec/database.yml.sample
index 5487bafc3..8ef808b43 100644
--- a/spec/database.yml.sample
+++ b/spec/database.yml.sample
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ sqlite3:
   database: acts_as_taggable_on.sqlite3
 
 mysql:
-  adapter: mysql
+  adapter: mysql2
   hostname: localhost
   username: root
   password:
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index d4d6d00fd..69d6dcf3a 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -30,14 +30,17 @@ def freq
   end
 end
 
-ENV['DB'] ||= 'sqlite3'
-
+db_name = ENV['DB'] || 'sqlite3'
 database_yml = File.expand_path('../database.yml', __FILE__)
+
 if File.exists?(database_yml)
-  active_record_configuration = YAML.load_file(database_yml)[ENV['DB']]
+  active_record_configuration = YAML.load_file(database_yml)
+  
+  ActiveRecord::Base.configurations = active_record_configuration
   
-  ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(active_record_configuration)
+  ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(db_name)
   ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "debug.log"))
+  ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone = :utc
   
   ActiveRecord::Base.silence do
     ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = false