diff --git a/database/ssdb/database_test.go b/database/ssdb/database_test.go
index d6257015b..139432bfd 100644
--- a/database/ssdb/database_test.go
+++ b/database/ssdb/database_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package ssdb_test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/aptly-dev/aptly/database"
@@ -15,6 +18,44 @@ func Test(t *testing.T) {
 	TestingT(t)
 }
 
+func setUpSsdb() error {
+	setUpStr := `
+	#!/bin/bash
+	if [ ! -e /tmp/ssdb-master/ssdb-master ]; then
+		mkdir -p /tmp/ssdb-master
+		wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/ideawu/ssdb/archive/master.zip -O /tmp/ssdb-master/master.zip
+		cd /tmp/ssdb-master && unzip master && cd ssdb-master && make all
+	fi
+	cd /tmp/ssdb-master/ssdb-master && ./ssdb-server -d ssdb.conf -s restart
+	sleep 2`
+
+	tmpShell, err := ioutil.TempFile("/tmp", "ssdbSetup")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(tmpShell.Name())
+
+	_, err = tmpShell.WriteString(setUpStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("/bin/bash", tmpShell.Name())
+	fmt.Println(cmd.String())
+	output, err := cmd.Output()
+	fmt.Println(string(output))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	setUpSsdb()
+	m.Run()
+}
+
 type SSDBSuite struct {
 	cfg *conf.Config
 	db  database.Storage
diff --git a/system/t02_config/ConfigShowTest_gold b/system/t02_config/ConfigShowTest_gold
index 57b42b6aa..05ecd2391 100644
--- a/system/t02_config/ConfigShowTest_gold
+++ b/system/t02_config/ConfigShowTest_gold
@@ -25,5 +25,10 @@
     "SwiftPublishEndpoints": {},
     "AzurePublishEndpoints": {},
     "AsyncAPI": false,
-    "enableMetricsEndpoint": true
+    "enableMetricsEndpoint": true,
+    "databaseBackend": {
+        "type": "",
+        "url": "",
+        "dbPath": ""
+    }
 }
diff --git a/system/t02_config/CreateConfigTest_gold b/system/t02_config/CreateConfigTest_gold
index 7d1a23e16..a43a559e2 100644
--- a/system/t02_config/CreateConfigTest_gold
+++ b/system/t02_config/CreateConfigTest_gold
@@ -25,5 +25,10 @@
   "SwiftPublishEndpoints": {},
   "AzurePublishEndpoints": {},
   "AsyncAPI": false,
-  "enableMetricsEndpoint": false
+  "enableMetricsEndpoint": false,
+  "databaseBackend": {
+    "type": "",
+    "url": "",
+    "dbPath": ""
+  }
 }
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