diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index bce197f52f..2e8d84a49c 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ pipeline:
     image: nextcloudci/php7.1:php7.1-15
     commands:
       - sleep 10 # gives the database enough time to initialize
-      - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh pgsql
+      - POSTGRES=${POSTGRES} NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh pgsql
     when:
       matrix:
         DB: postgres
@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ services:
     image: postgres:9
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=oc_autotest
+      - POSTGRES_DB=oc_autotest_dummy
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=owncloud
     tmpfs:
       - /var/lib/postgresql/data
@@ -875,6 +876,7 @@ services:
       image: postgres:10
       environment:
         - POSTGRES_USER=oc_autotest
+        - POSTGRES_DB=oc_autotest_dummy
         - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=owncloud
       tmpfs:
         - /var/lib/postgresql/data