diff --git a/.docker/mysql/db-init/create_testing_db.sh b/.docker/mysql/db-init/create_testing_db.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9be9414c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.docker/mysql/db-init/create_testing_db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eo pipefail
+shopt -s nullglob
+
+if [[ ! -v DB_DATABASE_TEST ]]; then
+  echo '$DB_DATABASE_TEST is not defined, skipping testing db creation'
+else
+
+  source /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+  docker_process_sql --database=mysql <<EOSQL
+    CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ${DB_DATABASE_TEST};
+    GRANT ALL ON ${DB_DATABASE_TEST}.* TO '${MYSQL_USER:-ccdb}'@'%';
+EOSQL
+fi
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e359e4f6..f56849d8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ services:
             - MYSQL_USER=${DB_USERNAME}
             - MYSQL_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
             - MYSQL_SORT_BUFFER_SIZE=256000000
+            - DB_DATABASE_TEST=testing
         user: ${DOCKER_USER:-501:20}
 
     app: