diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 37c055e..87bc5fa 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ language:
 dist: trusty
 sudo: required
 
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+    - mysql-server-5.6
+    - mysql-client-core-5.6
+    - mysql-client-5.6
+
 services:
     mysql
 
@@ -12,7 +19,7 @@ os:
     osx
 
 before_script:
-    alias mysql='mysql --socket=/run/mysql-5.6/mysqld.sock'; mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE travistest;'
+    ls /var/run; ls /run; alias mysql='mysql --socket=/run/mysql-5.6/mysqld.sock'; mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE travistest;'
 
 script:
     TRAVIS_RUN=true dev/tests/run_tests.sh