diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 169caf4..ef7c9af 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ coverage>=3.6
 discover
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2
+oslo.db[fixtures]
 oslosphinx>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 testscenarios>=0.4
-testtools>=1.4.0
\ No newline at end of file
+testtools>=1.4.0
diff --git a/tuning_box/migrations/env.py b/tuning_box/migrations/env.py
index 4704170..01cdee6 100644
--- a/tuning_box/migrations/env.py
+++ b/tuning_box/migrations/env.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ from tuning_box import db
 config = context.config
 if config.get_main_option('table_prefix') is None:
     config.set_main_option('table_prefix', '')
-logging.config.fileConfig(config.config_file_name)
+if config.config_file_name:
+    logging.config.fileConfig(config.config_file_name)
 target_metadata = db.db.metadata
 
 
diff --git a/tuning_box/tests/test_db.py b/tuning_box/tests/test_db.py
index 69f1e7f..033998f 100644
--- a/tuning_box/tests/test_db.py
+++ b/tuning_box/tests/test_db.py
@@ -10,7 +10,22 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+_fd, _sqlite_db_file_name = tempfile.mkstemp()
+os.close(_fd)
+del _fd
+
+# oslo_db internals refuse to work properly if this is not set
+os.environ["OS_TEST_DBAPI_ADMIN_CONNECTION"] = \
+    "sqlite:///" + _sqlite_db_file_name
+
+from alembic import command as alembic_command
+from alembic import config as alembic_config
 import flask
+from oslo_db.sqlalchemy import test_base
+from oslo_db.sqlalchemy import test_migrations
 
 from tuning_box import db
 from tuning_box.tests import base
@@ -93,3 +108,28 @@ class TestEnvironmentHierarchyLevel(_DBTestCase):
 class TestEnvironmentHierarchyLevelPrefixed(base.PrefixedTestCaseMixin,
                                             TestEnvironmentHierarchyLevel):
     pass
+
+
+class TestMigrationsSync(test_migrations.ModelsMigrationsSync,
+                         base.TestCase,
+                         test_base.DbTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestMigrationsSync, self).setUp()
+        self.addCleanup(os.remove, _sqlite_db_file_name)
+
+    def get_metadata(self):
+        return db.db.metadata
+
+    def get_engine(self):
+        return self.engine
+
+    def get_alembic_config(self, engine):
+        config = alembic_config.Config()
+        config.set_main_option('sqlalchemy.url', str(engine.url))
+        config.set_main_option('script_location', 'tuning_box/migrations')
+        config.set_main_option('version_table', 'alembic_version')
+        return config
+
+    def db_sync(self, engine):
+        config = self.get_alembic_config(engine)
+        alembic_command.upgrade(config, 'head')