diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index d6a888c86a..925a8c678a 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=oc_autotest
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=owncloud
+    tmpfs:
+      - /var/lib/postgresql/data
     when:
       matrix:
         DB: postgres
@@ -494,6 +496,8 @@ services:
       - MYSQL_USER=oc_autotest
       - MYSQL_PASSWORD=owncloud
       - MYSQL_DATABASE=oc_autotest
+    tmpfs:
+      - /var/lib/mysql
     when:
       matrix:
         DB: mysql
@@ -505,6 +509,8 @@ services:
       - MYSQL_PASSWORD=owncloud
       - MYSQL_DATABASE=oc_autotest
     command: [ "--innodb_large_prefix=true", "--innodb_file_format=barracuda", "--innodb_file_per_table=true" ]
+    tmpfs:
+      - /var/lib/mysql
     when:
       matrix:
         DB: mysqlmb4