diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 1724ff1..e7322e1 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
 libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
 python3-libselinux [platform:rpm]
 libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]
+mysql-client [test !platform:rpm]
+mysql-server [test]
 openssl-devel [platform:rpm]
 python3-dnf [platform:fedora]
 python3-devel [platform:rpm]
diff --git a/tests/playbooks/pre.yaml b/tests/playbooks/pre.yaml
index 447ab3d..89f79f4 100644
--- a/tests/playbooks/pre.yaml
+++ b/tests/playbooks/pre.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
         state: absent
       when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
 
+    - name: Execute test-setup role
+      include_role:
+        name: test-setup
+
     - name: Install ansible configuration file
       template:
         dest: ~/.ansible.cfg
diff --git a/tools/test-setup.sh b/tools/test-setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..241ee37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash -ex
+# Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Be sure mysql is started.
+sudo service mysql start
+
+# The root password for the MySQL database; pass it in via
+# MYSQL_ROOT_PW.
+DB_ROOT_PW=${MYSQL_ROOT_PW:-insecure_worker}
+
+# This user and its password are used by the tests, if you change it,
+# your tests might fail.
+DB_USER=openstack_citest
+DB_PW=openstack_citest
+
+sudo -H mysqladmin -u root password $DB_ROOT_PW
+
+# It's best practice to remove anonymous users from the database.  If
+# a anonymous user exists, then it matches first for connections and
+# other connections from that host will not work.
+sudo -H mysql -u root -p$DB_ROOT_PW -h localhost -e "
+    DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='';
+    FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+    CREATE USER '$DB_USER'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '$DB_PW';
+    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '$DB_USER'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;"
+
+# Now create our database.
+mysql -u $DB_USER -p$DB_PW -h 127.0.0.1 -e "
+    SET default_storage_engine=MYISAM;
+    DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS openstack_citest;
+    CREATE DATABASE openstack_citest CHARACTER SET utf8;"