diff --git a/.env.testing.example b/.env.testing.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a6a446bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.testing.example
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# --------------------------------------------
+# REQUIRED: BASIC APP SETTINGS
+# --------------------------------------------
+APP_ENV=testing
+APP_DEBUG=true
+APP_KEY=base64:glJpcM7BYwWiBggp3SQ/+NlRkqsBQMaGEOjemXqJzOU=
+APP_URL=http://localhost:8000
+APP_TIMEZONE='UTC'
+APP_LOCALE=en
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# REQUIRED: DATABASE SETTINGS
+# --------------------------------------------
+# DB_CONNECTION is set to "mysql" in phpunit.xml
+DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
+DB_PORT=3306
+DB_DATABASE=null
+DB_USERNAME=null
+DB_PASSWORD=null
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e49e69c9ae..04b0d7e6b6 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 .env
 .env.dusk.*
 !.env.dusk.example
+!.env.testing
 phpstan.neon
 .idea
 /bin/
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 4ee53b57b3..b0ce0a6f23 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     <env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
     <env name="BCRYPT_ROUNDS" value="4"/>
     <env name="CACHE_DRIVER" value="array"/>
+    <env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="mysql"/>
     <env name="MAIL_DRIVER" value="array"/>
     <env name="QUEUE_DRIVER" value="sync"/>
     <env name="SESSION_DRIVER" value="array"/>