diff --git a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
index 853f4ebd..51500705 100755
--- a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
+++ b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
@@ -172,8 +172,12 @@ def test_black_passes(cookies, context_override):
         pytest.fail(e.stdout.decode())
 
 
-def test_travis_invokes_pytest(cookies, context):
-    context.update({"ci_tool": "Travis"})
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["use_docker", "expected_test_script"],
+    [("n", "pytest"), ("y", "docker-compose -f local.yml run django pytest"),],
+)
+def test_travis_invokes_pytest(cookies, context, use_docker, expected_test_script):
+    context.update({"ci_tool": "Travis", "use_docker": use_docker})
     result = cookies.bake(extra_context=context)
 
     assert result.exit_code == 0
@@ -183,13 +187,21 @@ def test_travis_invokes_pytest(cookies, context):
 
     with open(f"{result.project}/.travis.yml", "r") as travis_yml:
         try:
-            assert yaml.load(travis_yml, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)["script"] == ["pytest"]
+            yml = yaml.load(travis_yml, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)["jobs"]["include"]
+            assert yml[0]["script"] == ["flake8"]
+            assert yml[1]["script"] == [expected_test_script]
         except yaml.YAMLError as e:
-            pytest.fail(e)
+            pytest.fail(str(e))
 
 
-def test_gitlab_invokes_flake8_and_pytest(cookies, context):
-    context.update({"ci_tool": "Gitlab"})
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["use_docker", "expected_test_script"],
+    [("n", "pytest"), ("y", "docker-compose -f local.yml run django pytest"),],
+)
+def test_gitlab_invokes_flake8_and_pytest(
+    cookies, context, use_docker, expected_test_script
+):
+    context.update({"ci_tool": "Gitlab", "use_docker": use_docker})
     result = cookies.bake(extra_context=context)
 
     assert result.exit_code == 0
@@ -201,7 +213,7 @@ def test_gitlab_invokes_flake8_and_pytest(cookies, context):
         try:
             gitlab_config = yaml.load(gitlab_yml, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
             assert gitlab_config["flake8"]["script"] == ["flake8"]
-            assert gitlab_config["pytest"]["script"] == ["pytest"]
+            assert gitlab_config["pytest"]["script"] == [expected_test_script]
         except yaml.YAMLError as e:
             pytest.fail(e)
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 611ff202..a74d5de8 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,21 @@ flake8:
 pytest:
   stage: test
   image: python:3.7
+  {% if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' -%}
   tags:
     - docker
+  services:
+    - docker
+  before_script:
+    - docker-compose -f local.yml build
+    # Ensure celerybeat does not crash due to non-existent tables
+    - docker-compose -f local.yml run --rm django python manage.py migrate
+    - docker-compose -f local.yml up -d
+  script:
+    - docker-compose -f local.yml run django pytest
+  {%- else %}
+  tags:
+    - python
   services:
     - postgres:11
   variables:
@@ -34,4 +47,5 @@ pytest:
 
   script:
     - pytest
+  {%- endif %}
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
index 6f759697..24f9f24a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,45 @@
 dist: xenial
-services:
-  - postgresql
-before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq build-essential gettext python-dev zlib1g-dev libpq-dev xvfb
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq libjpeg8-dev libfreetype6-dev libwebp-dev
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq graphviz-dev python-setuptools python3-dev python-virtualenv python-pip
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq firefox automake libtool libreadline6 libreadline6-dev libreadline-dev
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq libsqlite3-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libssl-dev libbz2-dev wget curl llvm
+
 language: python
 python:
   - "3.8"
-install:
-  - pip install -r requirements/local.txt
-script:
-  - "pytest"
+
+services:
+  - {% if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}docker{% else %}postgresql{% endif %}
+jobs:
+  include:
+    - name: "Linter"
+      before_script:
+        - pip install -q flake8
+      script:
+        - "flake8"
+
+    - name: "Django Test"
+    {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
+      before_script:
+        - docker-compose -v
+        - docker -v
+        - docker-compose -f local.yml build
+        # Ensure celerybeat does not crash due to non-existent tables
+        - docker-compose -f local.yml run --rm django python manage.py migrate
+        - docker-compose -f local.yml up -d
+      script:
+        - "docker-compose -f local.yml run django pytest"
+      after_failure:
+        - docker-compose -f local.yml logs
+    {%- else %}
+      before_install:
+        - sudo apt-get update -qq
+        - sudo apt-get install -qq build-essential gettext python-dev zlib1g-dev libpq-dev xvfb
+        - sudo apt-get install -qq libjpeg8-dev libfreetype6-dev libwebp-dev
+        - sudo apt-get install -qq graphviz-dev python-setuptools python3-dev python-virtualenv python-pip
+        - sudo apt-get install -qq firefox automake libtool libreadline6 libreadline6-dev libreadline-dev
+        - sudo apt-get install -qq libsqlite3-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libssl-dev libbz2-dev wget curl llvm
+      language: python
+      python:
+        - "3.8"
+      install:
+        - pip install -r requirements/local.txt
+      script:
+        - "pytest"
+    {%- endif %}