diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 7c61e8c4d1..147de92ad3 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -816,6 +816,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=oc_autotest
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=owncloud
+    tmpfs:
+      - /var/lib/postgresql/data
     when:
       matrix:
         DB: postgres
@@ -826,6 +828,8 @@ services:
       - MYSQL_USER=oc_autotest
       - MYSQL_PASSWORD=owncloud
       - MYSQL_DATABASE=oc_autotest
+    tmpfs:
+      - /var/lib/mysql
     when:
       matrix:
         DB: mysql
@@ -836,6 +840,8 @@ services:
       - MYSQL_USER=oc_autotest
       - MYSQL_PASSWORD=owncloud
       - MYSQL_DATABASE=oc_autotest
+    tmpfs:
+      - /var/lib/mysql
     when:
       matrix:
         DB: mysql5.6
@@ -846,6 +852,8 @@ services:
       - MYSQL_USER=oc_autotest
       - MYSQL_PASSWORD=owncloud
       - MYSQL_DATABASE=oc_autotest
+    tmpfs:
+      - /var/lib/mysql
     when:
       matrix:
         DB: mysql5.5
@@ -857,6 +865,8 @@ 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