diff --git a/activerecord/Rakefile b/activerecord/Rakefile
index 8ea22fd901a3d9f0070cad7eb7192acfd0b1243c..c93099a921d2a9b643663c884023985fa103dd91 100644
--- a/activerecord/Rakefile
+++ b/activerecord/Rakefile
@@ -88,15 +88,15 @@ namespace :db do
     desc 'Build the MySQL test databases'
     task :build do
       config = ARTest.config['connections']['mysql']
-      %x( mysql --user=#{config['arunit']['username']} -e "create DATABASE #{config['arunit']['database']} DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ")
-      %x( mysql --user=#{config['arunit2']['username']} -e "create DATABASE #{config['arunit2']['database']} DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ")
+      %x( mysql --user=#{config['arunit']['username']} --password=#{config['arunit']['password']} -e "create DATABASE #{config['arunit']['database']} DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ")
+      %x( mysql --user=#{config['arunit2']['username']} --password=#{config['arunit2']['password']} -e "create DATABASE #{config['arunit2']['database']} DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ")
     end
 
     desc 'Drop the MySQL test databases'
     task :drop do
       config = ARTest.config['connections']['mysql']
-      %x( mysqladmin --user=#{config['arunit']['username']} -f drop #{config['arunit']['database']} )
-      %x( mysqladmin --user=#{config['arunit2']['username']} -f drop #{config['arunit2']['database']} )
+      %x( mysqladmin --user=#{config['arunit']['username']} --password=#{config['arunit']['password']} -f drop #{config['arunit']['database']} )
+      %x( mysqladmin --user=#{config['arunit2']['username']} --password=#{config['arunit2']['password']} -f drop #{config['arunit2']['database']} )
     end
 
     desc 'Rebuild the MySQL test databases'
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb
index 8b6299896400123a3fd288da3dedc348d6a0b91c..5699fa110f4e78fa536bd752da7f0d7faa9fb4c6 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def test_connect_with_url
       run_without_connection do
         ar_config = ARTest.connection_config['arunit']
 
-        url = "mysql://#{ar_config["username"]}@localhost/#{ar_config["database"]}"
+        url = "mysql://#{ar_config["username"]}:#{ar_config["password"]}@localhost/#{ar_config["database"]}"
         Klass.establish_connection(url)
         assert_equal ar_config['database'], Klass.connection.current_database
       end