diff --git a/.github/workflows/dendrite.yml b/.github/workflows/dendrite.yml
index e81170895..bf150a020 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dendrite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dendrite.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,26 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     name: Unit tests (Go ${{ matrix.go }})
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Service containers to run with `container-job`
+    services:
+      # Label used to access the service container
+      postgres:
+        # Docker Hub image
+        image: postgres:13-alpine
+        # Provide the password for postgres
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+          POSTGRES_DB: dendrite
+        ports:
+          # Maps tcp port 5432 on service container to the host
+          - 5432:5432
+        # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -94,7 +114,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # Optional: pass GITHUB_TOKEN to avoid rate limiting.
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - run: go test -short -json -v ./... | gotestfmt
+      - run: go test -json -v ./... | gotestfmt
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_HOST: localhost
+          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+          POSTGRES_DB: dendrite
 
   # build Dendrite for linux with different architectures and go versions
   build: