diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 558044ad..74509beb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ Cargo.lock
 *.sublime*
 .vscode
 .idea/*
-*/.idea/*
\ No newline at end of file
+*/.idea/*
+.env.local
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f5aaecd6..8e182151 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ time = { version = "0.3", features = ["macros"] }
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4"] }
 once_cell = "1.8"
 arraystring = "0.3"
+dotenv = "0.15"
 
 [features]
 debug-print = []
diff --git a/tests/basic.rs b/tests/basic.rs
index 8c466ea6..54a9f47c 100644
--- a/tests/basic.rs
+++ b/tests/basic.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ pub use sea_orm::{entity::*, error::*, query::*, sea_query, tests_cfg::*, Databa
 #[sea_orm_macros::test]
 #[cfg(feature = "sqlx-sqlite")]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), DbErr> {
+    dotenv::from_filename(".env.local").ok();
+    dotenv::from_filename(".env").ok();
+
     let base_url = std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| "sqlite::memory:".to_owned());
 
     let db: DbConn = Database::connect(&base_url).await?;
diff --git a/tests/common/mod.rs b/tests/common/mod.rs
index 68d986b6..359bc9db 100644
--- a/tests/common/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/common/mod.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ pub struct TestContext {
 
 impl TestContext {
     pub async fn new(test_name: &str) -> Self {
+        dotenv::from_filename(".env.local").ok();
+        dotenv::from_filename(".env").ok();
+
         let base_url =
             std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").expect("Enviroment variable 'DATABASE_URL' not set");
         let db: DatabaseConnection = setup::setup(&base_url, test_name).await;