diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f27f600962..8e00dc4371 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ cache:
     directories:
         - node_modules
         - .tox
+services:
+    - mongodb
+    # Enable when we stop using sqlite for API tests
+    # - postgresql
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 93c8b2f224..07239f7559 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ commands =
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements/requirements.txt
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
+    ansible
     coverage
     coveralls
 commands =