diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 40317c4..e935df7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ sudo: false
 
 language: php
 
+services:
+  - mysql
+
 env:
   global:
   - typo3DatabaseHost=localhost typo3DatabaseName=typo3 typo3DatabaseUsername=travis typo3DatabasePassword=''
@@ -47,26 +50,26 @@ script:
 jobs:
   include:
   - stage: test
-    php: 7.2
+    php: "7.2"
     env: TYPO3=^8.7
   - stage: test
-    php: 7.1
+    php: "7.1"
     env: TYPO3=^8.7
   - stage: test
-    php: 7.0
+    php: "7.0"
     env: TYPO3=^8.7
   - stage: test
-    php: 7.2
+    php: "7.2"
     env: TYPO3=^8.7 DEPENDENCIES_PREFERENCE="--prefer-lowest"
   - stage: test
-    php: 7.1
+    php: "7.1"
     env: TYPO3=^8.7 DEPENDENCIES_PREFERENCE="--prefer-lowest"
   - stage: test
-    php: 7.0
+    php: "7.0"
     env: TYPO3=^8.7 DEPENDENCIES_PREFERENCE="--prefer-lowest"
   - stage: release to ter
     if: tag IS present AND env(TYPO3_ORG_USERNAME) IS present AND env(TYPO3_ORG_PASSWORD) IS present
-    php: 7.0
+    php: "7.0"
     before_install: skip
     install: skip
     before_script: skip
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9655b5..3d10bbc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 ### Removed
 
 ### Fixed
+- Explicitly require MySQL on Travis CI (#38)
 - Add .php_cs.cache to the .gitignore (#33)
 
 ## 2.0.0