diff --git a/tests/setup.inc b/tests/setup.inc
index 452f7392..f67484c0 100644
--- a/tests/setup.inc
+++ b/tests/setup.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CONTAINERS=( "piler1" )
 CONFIG_DIR="/data/config"
+DOCKER_LIMIT=( --pids-limit 256 --memory 512M )
 
 setup() {
    destroy_containers
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ start_telegraf() {
 }
 
 launch_containers() {
+
+   log "starting syslog server"
+   docker run -d --net=piler "${DOCKER_LIMIT[@]}" --name syslog.host sutoj/syslog
+
    docker run -d --net=piler --name piler1 -e PILER_HOST="cust1.acts.hu" -p 80:80 -p 25:25 "$docker_image" 2>/dev/null
    wait_for_sleep_cycle_in_container "piler1"
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/run.sh b/unit_tests/run.sh
index b0ff91c7..03c4bcff 100755
--- a/unit_tests/run.sh
+++ b/unit_tests/run.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../src
 
 pushd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
 
+setup_mysql() {
+   service mysql start
+   mysql -u piler -ppiler123 piler1 < ../util/db-mysql.sql
+}
+
+if [[ -v BUILD_NUMBER ]]; then
+   setup_mysql
+fi
+
 ./check_parser_utils
 ./check_parser
 ./check_rules