diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 01be4ff72d1f6f2b01d843f2e3ee83af14f94ec6..529ca87f75c4295c8f51c73a0bbc250222482aed 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ cache: pip
 python:
   - '3.6'
 
+services:
+  - postgresql
+
 addons:
   # Django 2.1+ requires PostgreSQL 9.4+
   postgresql: '9.4'