diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55e2e43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# DB_DATABASE=travis_tenancy
+# DB_USERNAME=foo
+# DB_PASSWORD=bar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d8a7996a..6733b4e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+.env
 composer.lock
 vendor/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 88e84dda..1e2657b0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+env:
+  - DB_USERNAME=root DB_PASSWORD="" DB_DATABASE=travis_tenancy CODECOV_TOKEN="24382d15-84e7-4a55-bea4-c4df96a24a9b"
+
 language: php
 php:
   - '7.2'
@@ -8,6 +11,7 @@ branches:
     - master
 
 services:
+  - mysql
   - redis-server
 
 before_install:
@@ -16,8 +20,10 @@ before_install:
 install:
   - travis_retry composer install --no-interaction
 
-script: vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-clover=coverage.xml
+before_script:
+  - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE travis_tenancy;'
+
+script: vendor/bin/phpunit -v --coverage-clover=coverage.xml
 
 after_success:
-  - export CODECOV_TOKEN="24382d15-84e7-4a55-bea4-c4df96a24a9b"
   - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3ee667cf..ca99db8e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "orchestra/testbench": "~3.0",
-        "laravel/framework": "5.7.*"
+        "laravel/framework": "5.7.*",
+        "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^2.2"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index da25c19f..75cb7545 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,5 @@
         <env name="QUEUE_CONNECTION" value="sync"/>
         <env name="SESSION_DRIVER" value="array"/>
         <env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="sqlite"/>
-        <env name="DB_DATABASE" value=":memory:"/>
     </php>
 </phpunit>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/DatabaseCreators/MySQLDatabaseCreator.php b/src/DatabaseCreators/MySQLDatabaseCreator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..745143d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DatabaseCreators/MySQLDatabaseCreator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Stancl\Tenancy\DatabaseCreators;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Interfaces\DatabaseCreator;
+
+class MySQLDatabaseCreator implements DatabaseCreator
+{
+    public function createDatabase(string $name): bool
+    {
+        return DB::statement("CREATE DATABASE `$name` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/DatabaseCreators/SQLiteDatabaseCreator.php b/src/DatabaseCreators/SQLiteDatabaseCreator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb9d2ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DatabaseCreators/SQLiteDatabaseCreator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Stancl\Tenancy\DatabaseCreators;
+
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Interfaces\DatabaseCreator;
+
+class SQLiteDatabaseCreator implements DatabaseCreator
+{
+    public function createDatabase(string $name): bool
+    {
+        return fclose(fopen(database_path($name), 'w'));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/DatabaseManager.php b/src/DatabaseManager.php
index f30025fe..194fffdf 100644
--- a/src/DatabaseManager.php
+++ b/src/DatabaseManager.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Stancl\Tenancy;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\QueuedDatabaseCreator;
 use Illuminate\Database\DatabaseManager as BaseDatabaseManager;
 
 class DatabaseManager
@@ -34,14 +35,18 @@ class DatabaseManager
     {
         $this->createTenantConnection($name);
         $driver = $driver ?: $this->getDriver();
-        if ($driver === "sqlite") {
-            $f = fopen(database_path($name), 'w');
-            fclose($f);
-            
-            return;
+
+        $databaseCreators = config('tenancy.database_creators');
+
+        if (! array_key_exists($driver, $databaseCreators)) {
+            throw new \Exception("Database could not be created: no database creator for driver $driver is registered.");
         }
 
-        return DB::statement("CREATE DATABASE `$name` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci");
+        if (config('tenancy.queue_database_creation', false)) {
+            QueuedDatabaseCreator::dispatch(app($databaseCreators[$driver]), $name);
+        } else {
+            app($databaseCreators[$driver])->createDatabase($name);
+        }
     }
 
     public function delete()
diff --git a/src/Interfaces/DatabaseCreator.php b/src/Interfaces/DatabaseCreator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b6fd52a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Interfaces/DatabaseCreator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Interfaces;
+
+interface DatabaseCreator
+{
+    /**
+     * Create a database.
+     *
+     * @param string $name Name of the database.
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function createDatabase(string $name): bool;
+}
diff --git a/src/Jobs/QueuedDatabaseCreator.php b/src/Jobs/QueuedDatabaseCreator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1422433c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Jobs/QueuedDatabaseCreator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs;
+
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Interfaces\DatabaseCreator;
+
+class QueuedDatabaseCreator implements ShouldQueue
+{
+    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new job instance.
+     *
+     * @param DatabaseCreator $databaseCreator
+     * @param string $databaseName
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct(DatabaseCreator $databaseCreator, string $databaseName)
+    {
+        $this->databaseCreator = $databaseCreator;
+        $this->databaseName = $databaseName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the job.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        $this->databaseCreator->createDatabase($databaseName);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/config/tenancy.php b/src/config/tenancy.php
index 50b6ad75..876c5b65 100644
--- a/src/config/tenancy.php
+++ b/src/config/tenancy.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ return [
     'cache' => [
         'prefix_base' => 'tenant',
     ],
-
     'filesystem' => [
         'suffix_base' => 'tenant',
         // Disks which should be suffixed with the suffix_base + tenant UUID.
@@ -30,4 +29,9 @@ return [
             // 's3',
         ],
     ],
+    'database_creators' => [
+        'sqlite' => 'Stancl\Tenancy\DatabaseCreators\SQLiteDatabaseCreator',
+        'mysql' => 'Stancl\Tenancy\DatabaseCreators\MySQLDatabaseCreator',
+    ],
+    'queue_database_creation' => false,
 ];
diff --git a/tests/DatabaseCreationTest.php b/tests/DatabaseCreationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b1428d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/DatabaseCreationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Tests;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\DatabaseManager;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\QueuedDatabaseCreator;
+
+class DatabaseCreationTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /** @test */
+    public function sqlite_database_is_created()
+    {
+        $db_name = 'testdatabase' . $this->randomString(10) . '.sqlite';
+        app(DatabaseManager::class)->create($db_name, 'sqlite');
+        $this->assertFileExists(database_path($db_name));
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function mysql_database_is_created()
+    {
+        if (! $this->isTravis()) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('As to not bloat your MySQL instance with test databases, this test is not run by default.');
+        }
+
+        config()->set('database.default', 'mysql');
+
+        $db_name = 'testdatabase' . $this->randomString(10);
+        app(DatabaseManager::class)->create($db_name, 'mysql');
+        $this->assertNotEmpty(DB::select("SELECT SCHEMA_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME = '$db_name'"));
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function database_creation_can_be_queued()
+    {
+        Queue::fake();
+
+        config()->set('tenancy.queue_database_creation', true);
+        $db_name = 'testdatabase' . $this->randomString(10) . '.sqlite';
+        app(DatabaseManager::class)->create($db_name, 'sqlite');
+
+        Queue::assertPushed(QueuedDatabaseCreator::class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index 793eb166..4cc9bdb5 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -30,19 +30,26 @@ class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
      */
     protected function getEnvironmentSetUp($app)
     {
-        $app['config']->set('database.redis.client', 'phpredis');
-        $app['config']->set('database.redis.tenancy', [
-            'host' => env('TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
-            'password' => env('TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_PASSWORD', null),
-            'port' => env('TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_PORT', 6379),
-            // Use the #14 Redis database unless specified otherwise.
-            // Make sure you don't store anything in this db!
-            'database' => env('TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_DB', 14),
-        ]);
-        $app['config']->set('tenancy.database', [
-            'based_on' => 'sqlite',
-            'prefix' => 'tenant',
-            'suffix' => '.sqlite',
+        if (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../.env')) {
+            (new \Dotenv\Dotenv(__DIR__ . '/..'))->load();
+        }
+
+        $app['config']->set([
+            'database.redis.client' => 'phpredis',
+            'database.redis.tenancy' => [
+                'host' => env('TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
+                'password' => env('TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_PASSWORD', null),
+                'port' => env('TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_PORT', 6379),
+                // Use the #14 Redis database unless specified otherwise.
+                // Make sure you don't store anything in this db!
+                'database' => env('TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_DB', 14),
+            ],
+            'tenancy.database' => [
+                'based_on' => 'sqlite',
+                'prefix' => 'tenant',
+                'suffix' => '.sqlite',
+            ],
+            'database.connections.sqlite.database' => ':memory:',
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -61,4 +68,16 @@ class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
     {
         $app->singleton('Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel', HttpKernel::class);
     }
+
+    public function randomString(int $length = 10)
+    {
+        return substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat($x = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', ceil($length / strlen($x)))), 1, $length);
+    }
+
+    public function isTravis()
+    {
+        // Multiple, just to make sure. Someone might accidentally
+        // set one of these environment vars on their computer.
+        return env('CI') && env('TRAVIS') && env('CONTINUOUS_INTEGRATION');
+    }
 }