diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 99bed1e8..bcc9ba01 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ before_script:
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.6' ]]; then pip install --download-cache $HOME/.pip-cache unittest2; fi
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.7' ]]; then pip install --download-cache $HOME/.pip-cache coverage; fi;
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.7' ]]; then pip install --download-cache $HOME/.pip-cache codecov; fi
+  - mysql -e 'create database pydal;'
+  - psql -c 'create database pydal;' -U postgres
+  - psql -c 'create extension postgis;' -U postgres -d pydal;
+  - psql -c 'SHOW SERVER_VERSION' -U postgres
 
 
 script: export COVERAGE_PROCESS_START=gluon/tests/coverage.ini; ./web2py.py --run_system_tests --with_coverage
@@ -28,3 +32,6 @@ after_success:
 
 notifications:
   email: true
+
+addons:
+  postgresql: "9.4"
diff --git a/gluon/tests/test_dal.py b/gluon/tests/test_dal.py
index 472750a9..43da0d37 100644
--- a/gluon/tests/test_dal.py
+++ b/gluon/tests/test_dal.py
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
     Unit tests for gluon.dal
 """
 
+import sys
 import os
 import unittest
 from fix_path import fix_sys_path
 
 fix_sys_path(__file__)
 
-
 from gluon.dal import DAL, Field
 
+
 def tearDownModule():
     try:
         os.unlink('dummy.db')
@@ -50,6 +51,69 @@ class TestDefaultValidators(unittest.TestCase):
         pass
 """
 
+
+def _prepare_exec_for_file(filename):
+    module = []
+    if filename.endswith('.py'):
+        filename = filename[:-3]
+    elif os.path.split(filename)[1] == '__init__.py':
+        filename = os.path.dirname(filename)
+    else:
+        raise 'The file provided (%s) does is not a valid Python file.'
+    filename = os.path.realpath(filename)
+    dirpath = filename
+    while 1:
+        dirpath, extra = os.path.split(dirpath)
+        module.append(extra)
+        if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(dirpath, '__init__.py')):
+            break
+    sys.path.insert(0, dirpath)
+    return '.'.join(module[::-1])
+
+
+def load_pydal_tests_module():
+    path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, 'web2py.py')):
+        i = 0
+        while i < 10:
+            i += 1
+            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, 'web2py.py')):
+                break
+            path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(path, '..'))
+    pydal_test_path = os.path.join(
+        path, "gluon", "packages", "dal", "tests", "__init__.py")
+    mname = _prepare_exec_for_file(pydal_test_path)
+    mod = __import__(mname)
+    return mod
+
+
+def pydal_suite():
+    mod = load_pydal_tests_module()
+    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+    tlist = [
+        getattr(mod, el) for el in mod.__dict__.keys() if el.startswith("Test")
+    ]
+    for t in tlist:
+        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(t))
+    return suite
+
+
+class TestDALAdapters(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _run_tests(self):
+        suite = pydal_suite()
+        return unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)
+
+    def test_mysql(self):
+        os.environ["DB"] = "mysql://root:@localhost/pydal"
+        result = self._run_tests()
+        self.assertTrue(result)
+
+    def test_pg8000(self):
+        os.environ["DB"] = "postgres:pg8000://postgres:@localhost/pydal"
+        result = self._run_tests()
+        self.assertTrue(result)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
     tearDownModule()