diff --git a/sql/core/pom.xml b/sql/core/pom.xml
index 349007789f63..fe15e4709dab 100644
--- a/sql/core/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/core/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.spotify</groupId>
+      <artifactId>docker-client</artifactId>
+      <version>2.7.5</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/DockerHacks.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/DockerHacks.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41c6f7ade3c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/DockerHacks.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.jdbc
+
+import java.sql.Connection
+
+import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
+import scala.collection.mutable.MutableList
+
+import com.spotify.docker.client.messages.ContainerConfig
+import com.spotify.docker.client._
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSQLContext
+import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
+
+abstract class DatabaseOnDocker {
+  /**
+   * The docker image to be pulled
+   */
+  def imageName: String
+
+  /**
+   * A Seq of environment variables in the form of VAR=value
+   */
+  def env: Seq[String]
+
+  /**
+   * jdbcUrl should be a lazy val or a function since `ip` it relies on is only available after
+   * the docker container starts
+   */
+  def jdbcUrl: String
+
+  private val docker: DockerClient = DockerClientFactory.get()
+  private var containerId: String = null
+
+  lazy val ip = docker.inspectContainer(containerId).networkSettings.ipAddress
+
+  def start(): Unit = {
+    while (true) {
+      try {
+        val config = ContainerConfig.builder()
+          .image(imageName).env(env.asJava)
+          .build()
+        containerId = docker.createContainer(config).id
+        docker.startContainer(containerId)
+        return
+      } catch {
+        case e: ImageNotFoundException => retry(5)(docker.pull(imageName))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def retry[T](n: Int)(fn: => T): T = {
+    try {
+      fn
+    } catch {
+      case e if n > 1 =>
+        retry(n - 1)(fn)
+    }
+  }
+
+  def close(): Unit = {
+    docker.killContainer(containerId)
+    docker.removeContainer(containerId)
+    DockerClientFactory.close(docker)
+  }
+}
+
+abstract class DatabaseIntegrationSuite extends SparkFunSuite
+  with BeforeAndAfterAll with SharedSQLContext {
+
+  def db: DatabaseOnDocker
+
+  def waitForDatabase(ip: String, maxMillis: Long) {
+    val before = System.currentTimeMillis()
+    var lastException: java.sql.SQLException = null
+    while (true) {
+      if (System.currentTimeMillis() > before + maxMillis) {
+        throw new java.sql.SQLException(s"Database not up after $maxMillis ms.", lastException)
+      }
+      try {
+        val conn = java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(db.jdbcUrl)
+        conn.close()
+        return
+      } catch {
+        case e: java.sql.SQLException =>
+          lastException = e
+          java.lang.Thread.sleep(250)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  def setupDatabase(ip: String): Unit = {
+    val conn: Connection = java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(db.jdbcUrl)
+    try {
+      dataPreparation(conn)
+    } finally {
+      conn.close()
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Prepare databases and tables for testing
+   */
+  def dataPreparation(connection: Connection)
+
+  override def beforeAll() {
+    super.beforeAll()
+    db.start()
+    waitForDatabase(db.ip, 60000)
+    setupDatabase(db.ip)
+  }
+
+  override def afterAll() {
+    try {
+      db.close()
+    } finally {
+      super.afterAll()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A factory and morgue for DockerClient objects.  In the DockerClient we use,
+ * calling close() closes the desired DockerClient but also renders all other
+ * DockerClients inoperable.  This is inconvenient if we have more than one
+ * open, such as during tests.
+ */
+object DockerClientFactory {
+  var numClients: Int = 0
+  val zombies = new MutableList[DockerClient]()
+
+  def get(): DockerClient = {
+    this.synchronized {
+      numClients = numClients + 1
+      DefaultDockerClient.fromEnv.build()
+    }
+  }
+
+  def close(dc: DockerClient) {
+    this.synchronized {
+      numClients = numClients - 1
+      zombies += dc
+      if (numClients == 0) {
+        zombies.foreach(_.close())
+        zombies.clear()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/MySQLIntegrationSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/MySQLIntegrationSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b295894c8097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/MySQLIntegrationSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.jdbc
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal
+import java.sql.{Connection, Date, Timestamp}
+import java.util.Properties
+
+class MySQLIntegrationSuite extends DatabaseIntegrationSuite {
+  val db = new DatabaseOnDocker {
+    val imageName = "mysql:latest"
+    val env = Seq("MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=rootpass")
+    lazy val jdbcUrl = s"jdbc:mysql://$ip:3306/mysql?user=root&password=rootpass"
+  }
+
+  override def dataPreparation(conn: Connection) {
+    conn.prepareStatement("CREATE DATABASE foo").executeUpdate()
+    conn.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE tbl (x INTEGER, y TEXT(8))").executeUpdate()
+    conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO tbl VALUES (42,'fred')").executeUpdate()
+    conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO tbl VALUES (17,'dave')").executeUpdate()
+
+    conn.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE numbers (onebit BIT(1), tenbits BIT(10), "
+      + "small SMALLINT, med MEDIUMINT, nor INT, big BIGINT, deci DECIMAL(40,20), flt FLOAT, "
+      + "dbl DOUBLE)").executeUpdate()
+    conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO numbers VALUES (b'0', b'1000100101', "
+      + "17, 77777, 123456789, 123456789012345, 123456789012345.123456789012345, "
+      + "42.75, 1.0000000000000002)").executeUpdate()
+
+    conn.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE dates (d DATE, t TIME, dt DATETIME, ts TIMESTAMP, "
+      + "yr YEAR)").executeUpdate()
+    conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO dates VALUES ('1991-11-09', '13:31:24', "
+      + "'1996-01-01 01:23:45', '2009-02-13 23:31:30', '2001')").executeUpdate()
+
+    // TODO: Test locale conversion for strings.
+    conn.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE strings (a CHAR(10), b VARCHAR(10), c TINYTEXT, "
+      + "d TEXT, e MEDIUMTEXT, f LONGTEXT, g BINARY(4), h VARBINARY(10), i BLOB)"
+    ).executeUpdate()
+    conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO strings VALUES ('the', 'quick', 'brown', 'fox', " +
+      "'jumps', 'over', 'the', 'lazy', 'dog')").executeUpdate()
+  }
+
+  test("Basic test") {
+    val df = sqlContext.read.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "tbl", new Properties)
+    val rows = df.collect()
+    assert(rows.length == 2)
+    val types = rows(0).toSeq.map(x => x.getClass.toString)
+    assert(types.length == 2)
+    assert(types(0).equals("class java.lang.Integer"))
+    assert(types(1).equals("class java.lang.String"))
+  }
+
+  test("Numeric types") {
+    val df = sqlContext.read.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "numbers", new Properties)
+    val rows = df.collect()
+    assert(rows.length == 1)
+    val types = rows(0).toSeq.map(x => x.getClass.toString)
+    assert(types.length == 9)
+    assert(types(0).equals("class java.lang.Boolean"))
+    assert(types(1).equals("class java.lang.Long"))
+    assert(types(2).equals("class java.lang.Integer"))
+    assert(types(3).equals("class java.lang.Integer"))
+    assert(types(4).equals("class java.lang.Integer"))
+    assert(types(5).equals("class java.lang.Long"))
+    assert(types(6).equals("class java.math.BigDecimal"))
+    assert(types(7).equals("class java.lang.Double"))
+    assert(types(8).equals("class java.lang.Double"))
+    assert(rows(0).getBoolean(0) == false)
+    assert(rows(0).getLong(1) == 0x225)
+    assert(rows(0).getInt(2) == 17)
+    assert(rows(0).getInt(3) == 77777)
+    assert(rows(0).getInt(4) == 123456789)
+    assert(rows(0).getLong(5) == 123456789012345L)
+    val bd = new BigDecimal("123456789012345.12345678901234500000")
+    assert(rows(0).getAs[BigDecimal](6).equals(bd))
+    assert(rows(0).getDouble(7) == 42.75)
+    assert(rows(0).getDouble(8) == 1.0000000000000002)
+  }
+
+  test("Date types") {
+    val df = sqlContext.read.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "dates", new Properties)
+    val rows = df.collect()
+    assert(rows.length == 1)
+    val types = rows(0).toSeq.map(x => x.getClass.toString)
+    assert(types.length == 5)
+    assert(types(0).equals("class java.sql.Date"))
+    assert(types(1).equals("class java.sql.Timestamp"))
+    assert(types(2).equals("class java.sql.Timestamp"))
+    assert(types(3).equals("class java.sql.Timestamp"))
+    assert(types(4).equals("class java.sql.Date"))
+    assert(rows(0).getAs[Date](0).equals(Date.valueOf("1991-11-09")))
+    assert(rows(0).getAs[Timestamp](1).equals(Timestamp.valueOf("1970-01-01 13:31:24")))
+    assert(rows(0).getAs[Timestamp](2).equals(Timestamp.valueOf("1996-01-01 01:23:45")))
+    assert(rows(0).getAs[Timestamp](3).equals(Timestamp.valueOf("2009-02-13 23:31:30")))
+    assert(rows(0).getAs[Date](4).equals(Date.valueOf("2001-01-01")))
+  }
+
+  test("String types") {
+    val df = sqlContext.read.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "strings", new Properties)
+    val rows = df.collect()
+    assert(rows.length == 1)
+    val types = rows(0).toSeq.map(x => x.getClass.toString)
+    assert(types.length == 9)
+    assert(types(0).equals("class java.lang.String"))
+    assert(types(1).equals("class java.lang.String"))
+    assert(types(2).equals("class java.lang.String"))
+    assert(types(3).equals("class java.lang.String"))
+    assert(types(4).equals("class java.lang.String"))
+    assert(types(5).equals("class java.lang.String"))
+    assert(types(6).equals("class [B"))
+    assert(types(7).equals("class [B"))
+    assert(types(8).equals("class [B"))
+    assert(rows(0).getString(0).equals("the"))
+    assert(rows(0).getString(1).equals("quick"))
+    assert(rows(0).getString(2).equals("brown"))
+    assert(rows(0).getString(3).equals("fox"))
+    assert(rows(0).getString(4).equals("jumps"))
+    assert(rows(0).getString(5).equals("over"))
+    assert(java.util.Arrays.equals(rows(0).getAs[Array[Byte]](6), Array[Byte](116, 104, 101, 0)))
+    assert(java.util.Arrays.equals(rows(0).getAs[Array[Byte]](7), Array[Byte](108, 97, 122, 121)))
+    assert(java.util.Arrays.equals(rows(0).getAs[Array[Byte]](8), Array[Byte](100, 111, 103)))
+  }
+
+  test("Basic write test") {
+    val df1 = sqlContext.read.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "numbers", new Properties)
+    val df2 = sqlContext.read.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "dates", new Properties)
+    val df3 = sqlContext.read.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "strings", new Properties)
+    df1.write.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "numberscopy", new Properties)
+    df2.write.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "datescopy", new Properties)
+    df3.write.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "stringscopy", new Properties)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/PostgresIntegrationSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/PostgresIntegrationSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02d2a25d20b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/PostgresIntegrationSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.jdbc
+
+import java.sql.Connection
+import java.util.Properties
+
+class PostgresIntegrationSuite extends DatabaseIntegrationSuite {
+  val db = new DatabaseOnDocker {
+    val imageName = "postgres:latest"
+    val env = Seq("POSTGRES_PASSWORD=rootpass")
+    lazy val jdbcUrl = s"jdbc:postgresql://$ip:5432/postgres?user=postgres&password=rootpass"
+  }
+
+  override def dataPreparation(conn: Connection) {
+    conn.prepareStatement("CREATE DATABASE foo").executeUpdate()
+    conn.setCatalog("foo")
+    conn.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE bar (a text, b integer, c double precision, d bigint, "
+      + "e bit(1), f bit(10), g bytea, h boolean, i inet, j cidr)").executeUpdate()
+    conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO bar VALUES ('hello', 42, 1.25, 123456789012345, B'0', "
+      + "B'1000100101', E'\\\\xDEADBEEF', true, '172.16.0.42', '192.168.0.0/16')").executeUpdate()
+  }
+
+  test("Type mapping for various types") {
+    val df = sqlContext.read.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "bar", new Properties)
+    val rows = df.collect()
+    assert(rows.length == 1)
+    val types = rows(0).toSeq.map(x => x.getClass.toString)
+    assert(types.length == 10)
+    assert(types(0).equals("class java.lang.String"))
+    assert(types(1).equals("class java.lang.Integer"))
+    assert(types(2).equals("class java.lang.Double"))
+    assert(types(3).equals("class java.lang.Long"))
+    assert(types(4).equals("class java.lang.Boolean"))
+    assert(types(5).equals("class [B"))
+    assert(types(6).equals("class [B"))
+    assert(types(7).equals("class java.lang.Boolean"))
+    assert(types(8).equals("class java.lang.String"))
+    assert(types(9).equals("class java.lang.String"))
+    assert(rows(0).getString(0).equals("hello"))
+    assert(rows(0).getInt(1) == 42)
+    assert(rows(0).getDouble(2) == 1.25)
+    assert(rows(0).getLong(3) == 123456789012345L)
+    assert(rows(0).getBoolean(4) == false)
+    // BIT(10)'s come back as ASCII strings of ten ASCII 0's and 1's...
+    assert(java.util.Arrays.equals(rows(0).getAs[Array[Byte]](5),
+      Array[Byte](49, 48, 48, 48, 49, 48, 48, 49, 48, 49)))
+    assert(java.util.Arrays.equals(rows(0).getAs[Array[Byte]](6),
+      Array[Byte](0xDE.toByte, 0xAD.toByte, 0xBE.toByte, 0xEF.toByte)))
+    assert(rows(0).getBoolean(7) == true)
+    assert(rows(0).getString(8) == "172.16.0.42")
+    assert(rows(0).getString(9) == "192.168.0.0/16")
+  }
+
+  test("Basic write test") {
+    val df = sqlContext.read.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "bar", new Properties)
+    df.write.jdbc(db.jdbcUrl, "public.barcopy", new Properties)
+    // Test only that it doesn't bomb out.
+  }
+}