diff --git a/ci/travis.rb b/ci/travis.rb
index bb87c8f4ad6a83d7aa70af2fabd64f977eabac3d..6e002d4a5b00849c942422d2d9983c0a0288aaef 100755
--- a/ci/travis.rb
+++ b/ci/travis.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 include FileUtils
 
 commands = [
+  'mysql -e "create user rails@localhost;"',
+  'mysql -e "grant all privileges on activerecord_unittest.* to rails@localhost;"',
+  'mysql -e "grant all privileges on activerecord_unittest2.* to rails@localhost;"',
+  'mysql -e "grant all privileges on inexistent_activerecord_unittest.* to rails@localhost;"',
   'mysql -e "create database activerecord_unittest;"',
   'mysql -e "create database activerecord_unittest2;"',
   'psql  -c "create database activerecord_unittest;" -U postgres',