diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 27aa315..65a815d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Ruby
+name: Lint
 
 on: [push]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3c2a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Test
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    env:
+      RAILS_ENV: "test"
+      TEST_DATABASE_URL: "mysql2://root:unipept@127.0.0.1:3306/unipept_test"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    services:
+      mysql:
+        image: mariadb:10.9
+        env:
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: "unipept_test"
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "unipept"
+          MYSQL_HOST: "localhost"
+        ports:
+          - 3306:3306
+        options: --health-cmd "mysqladmin ping -h localhost" --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Use ruby from .ruby-version
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        with:
+          bundler-cache: true
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          bundle exec rails db:test:prepare
+          bundle exec rails test
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index dbbd538..1147c46 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ development:
 test:
   <<: *default
   database: unipept_test
-  socket: /tmp/mysql.sock
+  url: <%= ENV['TEST_DATABASE_URL'] || ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>
 
 production:
   <<: *default