diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 33cc9726..56c0f3a7 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 db_config = Configuration.new
 
+require "active_record/connection_adapters/#{db_config['original_adapter']}_adapter"
+
 # Disables/enables the queries log you see in your rails server in dev mode
 fd = ENV['VERBOSE'] ? STDOUT : '/dev/null'
 ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(fd)