diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ed24a19..a0047dc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ before_script:
   - psql -c 'create database modeltranslation;' -U postgres
 install:
   - if [[ $DB == mysql ]]; then pip install -q mysqlclient; fi
-  - if [[ $DB == postgres ]]; then pip install -q psycopg2; fi
+  - if [[ $DB == postgres ]]; then pip install -q psycopg2-binary; fi
   - pip install -q Pillow
   - IDJANGO=$(./travis.py $DJANGO)
   - pip install -q $IDJANGO
diff --git a/modeltranslation/tests/tests.py b/modeltranslation/tests/tests.py
index 10ebc11..a578f1f 100644
--- a/modeltranslation/tests/tests.py
+++ b/modeltranslation/tests/tests.py
@@ -3026,8 +3026,7 @@ class TestManager(ModeltranslationTestBase):
         # the distinct applies to (this generates a DISTINCT ON (*fields) sql expression).
         # NB: DISTINCT ON expressions must be accompanied by an order_by() that starts with the
         # same fields in the same order
-        if (django_settings.DATABASES['default']['ENGINE'] ==
-                'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2'):
+        if django_settings.DATABASES['default']['ENGINE'] == 'django.db.backends.postgresql':
             titles_for_en = tuple(
                 (m.title, m.description) for m in manager.order_by(
                     'title', 'description').distinct('title'))
diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index 6795fbb..41ce79f 100755
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def runtests(test_path='modeltranslation'):
             })
         elif test_db == 'postgres':
             DATABASES['default'].update({
-                'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+                'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
                 'USER': 'postgres',
                 'NAME': 'modeltranslation',
             })