diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a22fb1a..920582e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ jobs:
   check:
     name: Check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:12.0-alpine
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_DB: rust_todo_api_dev
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -41,6 +58,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: test
+        env:
+          DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/rust_todo_api_dev
+
 
   lints:
     name: Lints