diff --git a/.travis.sh b/.travis.sh
index 4b22c3fc33..fd01fb8411 100755
--- a/.travis.sh
+++ b/.travis.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ set -x
 
 echo "Executing job $1"
 
+if [ "$PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE" == "tests/travis_mysql.cfg" ]; then
+    mysql -u root -e 'CREATE DATABASE pretix DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_general_ci;'
+    pip3 install -Ur src/requirements/mysql.txt
+fi
+
+if [ "$PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE" == "tests/travis_postgres.cfg" ]; then
+    psql -c 'create database travis_ci_test;' -U postgres
+    pip3 install -Ur src/requirements/postgres.txt
+fi
+
 if [ "$1" == "style" ]; then
 	XDG_CACHE_HOME=/cache pip3 install -Ur src/requirements.txt -r src/requirements/dev.txt -r src/requirements/py34.txt
 	cd src
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2a7c6588c0..20eb6bbfdf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,38 @@
 language: python
 sudo: false
-python:
-    - "3.4"
 install:
-    - pip install -U pip wheel setuptools==28.6.1
+  - pip install -U pip wheel setuptools==28.6.1
 script:
-    - bash .travis.sh $JOB
+  - bash .travis.sh $JOB
 cache:
-    directories:
-        - $HOME/.cache/pip
-env:
-    - JOB=style
-    - JOB=doctests
-    - JOB=tests-cov
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.cache/pip
+services:
+  - mysql
+  - postgresql
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - python: 3.4
+      env: JOB=tests PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE=tests/sqlite.cfg
+    - python: 3.5
+      env: JOB=tests PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE=tests/sqlite.cfg
+    - python: 3.6
+      env: JOB=tests PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE=tests/sqlite.cfg
+    - python: 3.4
+      env: JOB=tests PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE=tests/travis_mysql.cfg
+    - python: 3.5
+      env: JOB=tests PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE=tests/travis_mysql.cfg
+    - python: 3.6
+      env: JOB=tests PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE=tests/travis_mysql.cfg
+    - python: 3.4
+      env: JOB=tests PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE=tests/travis_postgres.cfg
+    - python: 3.5
+      env: JOB=tests PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE=tests/travis_postgres.cfg
+    - python: 3.6
+      env: JOB=tests PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE=tests/travis_postgres.cfg
+    - python: 3.4
+      env: JOB=style
+    - python: 3.4
+      env: JOB=tests-cov
+addons:
+  postgresql: "9.4"
diff --git a/src/pretix/settings.py b/src/pretix/settings.py
index e1854ad5ea..f1ee0494e5 100644
--- a/src/pretix/settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/settings.py
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points
 from . import __version__
 
 config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
-config.read(['/etc/pretix/pretix.cfg', os.path.expanduser('~/.pretix.cfg'), 'pretix.cfg'],
-            encoding='utf-8')
+if 'PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE' in os.environ:
+    config.read([os.environ.get('PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE')], encoding='utf-8')
+else:
+    config.read(['/etc/pretix/pretix.cfg', os.path.expanduser('~/.pretix.cfg'), 'pretix.cfg'],
+                encoding='utf-8')
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 DATA_DIR = config.get('pretix', 'datadir', fallback=os.environ.get('DATA_DIR', 'data'))
diff --git a/src/pretix/testutils/settings.py b/src/pretix/testutils/settings.py
index 967a69eedc..47b6e3901a 100644
--- a/src/pretix/testutils/settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/testutils/settings.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import tempfile
 
 tmpdir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
 os.environ.setdefault('DATA_DIR', tmpdir.name)
+os.environ.setdefault('PRETIX_CONFIG_FILE', 'test/sqlite.cfg')
 
 from pretix.settings import *  # NOQA
 
@@ -33,10 +34,3 @@ CACHES = {
         'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache',
     }
 }
-
-DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': ':memory:'
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/tests/travis_mysql.cfg b/src/tests/travis_mysql.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48dc3133ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/travis_mysql.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[database]
+backend=mysql
+name=pretix
+user=root
+password=
+host=127.0.0.1
+port=3306
diff --git a/src/tests/travis_postgres.cfg b/src/tests/travis_postgres.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2c635bc31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/travis_postgres.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[database]
+backend=postgresql_psycopg2
+name=pretix
+user=postgres
+password=
+host=localhost