diff --git a/tests/Install/InstallTest.php b/tests/Install/InstallTest.php
index c7e377c83..722ff2b47 100644
--- a/tests/Install/InstallTest.php
+++ b/tests/Install/InstallTest.php
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ class InstallTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 			ColorCLI::doEcho(ColorCLI::error('Invalid database system. Must be: mysql ; Not: ' . getenv('DB_SYSTEM')));
 			$error = true;
 		} else {
+			//create the database
+			$pdo->query('CREATE DATABASE ' . getenv('DB_NAME') .   ' DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci');
 			// Connect to the SQL server.
 			try {
 				// HAS to be DB because settings table does not exist yet.