diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 38da832..91df308 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,19 @@ node_js:
   - "6"
   - "8"
   - "10"
-before_script:
-  - "mysql -e 'create database myapp_test;'"
+# Xenial build environment comes with MySQL 5.7
+dist: xenial
+services:
+  - mysql
+env:
+  global:
+    - MYSQL_HOST=localhost
+    - MYSQL_PORT=3306
+    - MYSQL_USER=test
+    - MYSQL_PASSWORD=test
+before_install:
+  - mysql -u root -e "CREATE USER 'test'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'test';"
+  - mysql -e "use mysql; update user set authentication_string=PASSWORD('test') where User='test'; update user set plugin='mysql_native_password';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+  - mysql -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'test'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+  - mysql -e "GRANT SUPER ON *.* TO 'test'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'test';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+  
diff --git a/pretest.js b/pretest.js
index bcc0949..89ee37e 100644
--- a/pretest.js
+++ b/pretest.js
@@ -9,30 +9,30 @@ if (!process.env.CI) {
   return console.log('Not seeding DB with test db');
 }
 
-process.env.TEST_MYSQL_HOST =
-  process.env.TEST_MYSQL_HOST || process.env.MYSQL_HOST || 'localhost';
-process.env.TEST_MYSQL_PORT =
-  process.env.TEST_MYSQL_PORT || process.env.MYSQL_PORT || 3306;
-process.env.TEST_MYSQL_USER =
-  process.env.TEST_MYSQL_USER || process.env.MYSQL_USER || 'test';
-process.env.TEST_MYSQL_PASSWORD =
-  process.env.TEST_MYSQL_PASSWORD || process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD || 'test';
+process.env.MYSQL_HOST =
+  process.env.MYSQL_HOST || process.env.MYSQL_HOST || 'localhost';
+process.env.MYSQL_PORT =
+  process.env.MYSQL_PORT || process.env.MYSQL_PORT || 3306;
+process.env.MYSQL_USER =
+  process.env.MYSQL_USER || process.env.MYSQL_USER || 'test';
+process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD =
+  process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD || process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD || 'test';
 
 var fs = require('fs');
 var cp = require('child_process');
 
 var sql = fs.createReadStream(require.resolve('./test/schema.sql'));
 var stdio = ['pipe', process.stdout, process.stderr];
-var args = ['--user=' + process.env.TEST_MYSQL_USER];
+var args = ['--user=' + process.env.MYSQL_USER];
 
-if (process.env.TEST_MYSQL_HOST) {
-  args.push('--host=' + process.env.TEST_MYSQL_HOST);
+if (process.env.MYSQL_HOST) {
+  args.push('--host=' + process.env.MYSQL_HOST);
 }
-if (process.env.TEST_MYSQL_PORT) {
-  args.push('--port=' + process.env.TEST_MYSQL_PORT);
+if (process.env.MYSQL_PORT) {
+  args.push('--port=' + process.env.MYSQL_PORT);
 }
-if (process.env.TEST_MYSQL_PASSWORD) {
-  args.push('--password=' + process.env.TEST_MYSQL_PASSWORD);
+if (process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD) {
+  args.push('--password=' + process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD);
 }
 
 console.log('seeding DB with example db...');