diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3c77e752..c10a1f36 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # http://travis-ci.org/#!/MongoEngine/mongoengine
 language: python
+services: mongodb
 python:
     - 2.5
     - 2.6