diff --git a/runtests_requirements.txt b/runtests_requirements.txt
index 4454cdc..9723fef 100644
--- a/runtests_requirements.txt
+++ b/runtests_requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 
-psycopg2
+psycopg2-binary
 mysqlclient
 django-redis
 python-memcached
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index cc42eec..c9bd6bd 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ DATABASES = {
         'USER': 'root',
     },
 }
+if 'MYSQL_PASSWORD' in os.environ:
+    DATABASES['mysql']['PASSWORD'] = os.environ['MYSQL_PASSWORD']
 for alias in DATABASES:
     if 'TEST' not in DATABASES[alias]:
         test_db_name = 'test_' + DATABASES[alias]['NAME']