diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
index 014e9e29d21..d8d7cbb87a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ jobs:
   phpunit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    services:
+      mysql:
+        image: mysql:5.7
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ninja
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: ninja
+        ports:
+          - 33306:3306
+        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
+        
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
       with: