diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cfea251..aadd537 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ before_script:
   - tests/unit/data/travis/apc-setup.sh
   - tests/unit/data/travis/memcache-setup.sh
   - tests/unit/data/travis/cubrid-setup.sh
+  - tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
 
 #script:
 #  - phpunit --coverage-clover tests/unit/runtime/coveralls/clover.xml --verbose --exclude-group mssql,oci,wincache,xcache,zenddata,vendor,sphinx
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/config.php b/tests/unit/data/config.php
index 5a068ae..0bd5e47 100644
--- a/tests/unit/data/config.php
+++ b/tests/unit/data/config.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ return [
 	'sphinx' => [
 		'sphinx' => [
 			'dsn' => 'mysql:host=127.0.0.1;port=9306;',
-			'username' => '',
+			'username' => 'travis',
 			'password' => '',
 		],
 		'db' => [
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/sphinx/sphinx.conf b/tests/unit/data/sphinx/sphinx.conf
index 30cf083..e38beda 100644
--- a/tests/unit/data/sphinx/sphinx.conf
+++ b/tests/unit/data/sphinx/sphinx.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ source yii2_test_article_src
 	type			= mysql
 
 	sql_host		= localhost
-	sql_user		=
+	sql_user		= travis
 	sql_pass		=
 	sql_db			= yii2test
 	sql_port		= 3306	# optional, default is 3306
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ source yii2_test_item_src
 	type			= mysql
 
 	sql_host		= localhost
-	sql_user		=
+	sql_user		= travis
 	sql_pass		=
 	sql_db			= yii2test
 	sql_port		= 3306	# optional, default is 3306
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh b/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1dbaae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
+CWD=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
+
+# install sphinxsearch:
+echo 'yes' | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:builds/sphinxsearch-daily
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install sphinxsearch
+
+# setup test Sphinx indexes:
+indexer --config $CWD/../sphinx/sphinx.conf --all
+
+# run searchd:
+searchd --config $CWD/../sphinx/sphinx.conf