diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3c5efb0db..59e5e7254 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ services:
     - docker
 
 before_script:
-  - docker-compose build
-  - docker-compose up -d
+  - docker-compose -f docker-compose.travis.yml up --build -d
 
 script:
   - docker-compose exec photoprism /usr/local/go/bin/go test
 
 after_script:
-  - docker-compose down
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+  - docker-compose -f docker-compose.travis.yml down
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diff --git a/docker-compose.travis.yml b/docker-compose.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4af7b2eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version: '3.3'
+
+services:
+  photoprism:
+    build: .
+  database:
+    image: mysql:latest
+    command: mysqld --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --max-connections=1024
+    volumes:
+      - database-data:/var/lib/mysql
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: photoprism
+      MYSQL_USER: photoprism
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: photoprism
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: photoprism
+
+volumes:
+  database-data:
+    driver: local
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