diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e8c0107e119..84b8c25f1b1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ before_script:
     echo "Setting up database"
     if [ "$DB" = 'mysql' ] || [ "$DB" = 'mariadb' ] || [ "$DB" = 'postgresql' ]; then
       echo "MySQL"
-      mysql -u root -e 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS travis;'
-      mysql -u root -p'' -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS travis;'
+      mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -e 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS travis;'
+      mysql -u root -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS travis;'
       mysql -u travis -e 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON travis.* TO travis@127.0.0.1;'
       mysql -e 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES;'
       mysql -D travis < dev/initdemo/mysqldump_dolibarr_3.5.0.sql