diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6638768b..7cb1c626 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ before_install:
  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install -y libaio1; fi
 # to work-around jvm buffer overflow
  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then sudo hostname "$(hostname | cut -c1-63)"; fi
+# to simulate https://github.com/wix/wix-embedded-mysql/issues/104
+ - cp wix-embedded-mysql/src/test/resources/my.cnf ~/
 
 matrix:
     fast_finish: true
diff --git a/wix-embedded-mysql/src/test/resources/my.cnf b/wix-embedded-mysql/src/test/resources/my.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e4fc611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wix-embedded-mysql/src/test/resources/my.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[mysql]
+host=127.0.0.1
+port=13306
+user=root
+password=****
\ No newline at end of file