diff --git a/packages/keyv-mysql/.travis.yml b/packages/keyv-mysql/.travis.yml
index 7486315..32a53c0 100644
--- a/packages/keyv-mysql/.travis.yml
+++ b/packages/keyv-mysql/.travis.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ services:
   - mysql
 before_script:
   - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE keyv_test;'
+  - mysql -e 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON keyv_test.* TO 'mysql'@'localhost';'
 script: npm test
 after_success: npm run coverage
 notifications:
diff --git a/packages/keyv-mysql/test/test.js b/packages/keyv-mysql/test/test.js
index 721c976..41bde63 100644
--- a/packages/keyv-mysql/test/test.js
+++ b/packages/keyv-mysql/test/test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import keyvTestSuite, { keyvOfficialTests } from 'keyv-test-suite';
 import Keyv from 'keyv';
 import KeyvMysql from 'this';
 
-keyvOfficialTests(test, Keyv, 'mysql://localhost/keyv_test', 'mysqlql://foo');
+keyvOfficialTests(test, Keyv, 'mysql://mysql@localhost/keyv_test', 'mysqlql://foo');
 
-const store = () => new KeyvMysql('mysql://localhost/keyv_test');
+const store = () => new KeyvMysql('mysql://mysql@localhost/keyv_test');
 keyvTestSuite(test, Keyv, store);