diff --git a/neutron_lbaas/tests/etc/neutron.conf b/neutron_lbaas/tests/etc/neutron.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd7884502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neutron_lbaas/tests/etc/neutron.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+
+[database]
+connection = 'sqlite://'
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9ad7ed501..34354d028 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ deps =
 commands =
   flake8
   pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc --output-format=colorized {posargs:neutron_lbaas}
-  neutron-db-manage --subproject neutron-lbaas --database-connection sqlite:// check_migration
+  neutron-db-manage --subproject neutron-lbaas --config-file neutron_lbaas/tests/etc/neutron.conf check_migration
 whitelist_externals = sh
 
 [testenv:i18n]