diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fc68178163..56d3523566 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -72,11 +72,10 @@ jobs:
         - travis_retry travis_wait 80 mvn -B -q clean install -Puse-mysql -DskipTests  -Dskip.integrationtests=false -Dmy.db.name=alfresco -Dmy.db.port=3306 -Dcommunity -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn
 
     - name: "Enterprise Integrations Tests on MySQL"
-      services: mysql
+      services: docker
       stage: Tests
       if:  branch IN (release\/V2.7.*, hotfix-2.7\/.*) OR commit_message =~ /\[execute tests on MySQL\]/
-      before_install:
-        - mysql -u root --password="" < scripts/my_sql_travis.sql
+      before_install: source scripts/mysql/start.sh mysql:5.6.26
       install:
         - travis_retry travis_wait 60 mvn -B -q clean install -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Dmaven.source.skip=true -f rm-community/pom.xml -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn
       script:
diff --git a/scripts/mysql/common.sh b/scripts/mysql/common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d10c45f3e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mysql/common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+CONTAINER_NAME=alfresco-db-mysql
+
+MYSQL_USER=alfresco
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=alfresco
+MYSQL_DATABASE=alfresco
+
+MYSQL_HOST=127.0.0.1
+MYSQL_PORT=3306
+
+usage () {
+    echo "Usage: $0 <image>"
+}
+
+if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
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diff --git a/scripts/mysql/start.sh b/scripts/mysql/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14b4e0f8e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mysql/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+. $(dirname $0)/common.sh
+
+echo "============================================"
+echo "Generate custom config file"
+echo "============================================"
+rm -rf /tmp/Docker
+mkdir -p /tmp/Docker
+
+echo "
+[mysqld]
+collation-server = utf8_unicode_ci
+character-set-server = utf8
+innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog = 1
+default_storage_engine = InnoDB
+max_connections = 275
+lock_wait_timeout = 5
+innodb_buffer_pool_size = 1G
+innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 16M
+innodb_log_file_size = 256M
+innodb_log_buffer_size = 16M
+innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:64M:autoextend
+innodb_autoextend_increment = 64
+init_file=/etc/mysql/conf.d/init-file.sql
+" > /tmp/Docker/config-file.cnf
+
+echo "
+GRANT ALL on $MYSQL_USER.* to '$MYSQL_DATABASE'@'%' identified by '$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD' with grant option;
+FLUSH HOSTS;
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+" > /tmp/Docker/init-file.sql
+
+echo "============================================"
+echo "Pulling and Running $1"
+echo "============================================"
+sg docker "docker run -p $MYSQL_PORT:3306 -v /tmp/Docker:/etc/mysql/conf.d --name $CONTAINER_NAME -e
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD -e MYSQL_USER=$MYSQL_USER -e MYSQL_DATABASE=$MYSQL_DATABASE -d $1"
+
+sleep 120
+
+# The init_file option should be enough, but some old version of MariaDB do not honor it...
+docker exec -t $CONTAINER_NAME mysql -v -h $MYSQL_HOST --port=$MYSQL_PORT -u root --password=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD -e "source /etc/mysql/conf.d/init-file.sql"
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