diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a1999cc67..3d7da81bf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ env:
   global:
     - CC_TEST_REPORTER_ID=dc2c30b67c9e2a5309e1aef699c30fdab55ba4f0e4f1beac029ba93e293835db
     - GIT_COMMITTED_AT=$(if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]; then git log -1 --pretty=format:%ct; else git log -1 --skip 1 --pretty=format:%ct; fi)
+    - INSTALL_MYSQL=true
   matrix:
     - DATABASE_ADAPTER=default RUBYOPT="-W0"
     - DATABASE_ADAPTER=postgres RUBYOPT="-W0"
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index bbc668607..f79bc4e3f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gemspec
 
 gem 'simplecov', :require => false, :group => :test
+
+if ENV['INSTALL_MYSQL'] == "true"
+  gem 'mysql2', '~>0.3.15'
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pact_broker.gemspec b/pact_broker.gemspec
index 874c65e05..15f61ff4d 100644
--- a/pact_broker.gemspec
+++ b/pact_broker.gemspec
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_development_dependency 'pry-byebug'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~>10.0'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~>0.4'
-  gem.add_development_dependency 'mysql2', '~>0.3.15'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'webmock', '~>2.3'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~>3.0'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its', '~>1.2'