diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9c4526781..58256e0dd 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,24 @@ commands:
             if [ ! -d node_modules ]; then
               npm install
             fi
+      - run:
+          # This is pretty terrible but OracleDB requires you to grab the binaries OOB
+          # from the normal installation, place them in the LD Path
+          # also - not super well documented - grab `libaio` as well
+          # Because this is technically the same image as the runner we'll snag
+          # the libaio1 and place them in the same instantclient directory.
+          name: Download Required OracleDB Binaries
+          command: |
+            if [ ! -d node_modules/oracledb/instantclient_19_8 ]; then
+              curl -sf -o node_modules/oracledb/instantclient.zip $BLOB_URL
+              unzip -qqo node_modules/oracledb/instantclient.zip -d node_modules/oracledb/
+              rm node_modules/oracledb/instantclient.zip
+
+              DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get -qq -y install libaio1
+              cp /lib/*/libaio.so.* node_modules/oracledb/instantclient_19_8/
+            fi
+          environment:
+            BLOB_URL: https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/linux/instantclient/19800/instantclient-basiclite-linux.x64-19.8.0.0.0dbru.zip
       - save_cache:
           name: Save node_modules cache
           key: node_modules-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}
@@ -188,3 +206,10 @@ workflows:
             - build
           databases: "cockroachdb"
           node-version: "12"
+      - test:
+          name: test (oracle) - Node v12
+          requires:
+            - lint
+            - build
+          databases: "oracle"
+          node-version: "12"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0ee126dc3..47415bce4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "26257:26257"
 
+  oracle:
+    image: imnotjames/oracle-xe:18
+    container_name: "typeorm-oracle"
+    ports:
+      - "1521:1521"
+
   # sap hana (works only on linux)
   # hanaexpress:
   #   image: "store/saplabs/hanaexpress:2.00.040.00.20190729.1"
diff --git a/ormconfig.circleci-common.json b/ormconfig.circleci-common.json
index ef62fa1ac..d9f558a78 100644
--- a/ormconfig.circleci-common.json
+++ b/ormconfig.circleci-common.json
@@ -103,9 +103,12 @@
     "type": "oracle",
     "host": "typeorm-oracle",
     "port": 1521,
-    "sid": "xe",
+    "sid": "XE",
     "username": "system",
     "password": "oracle",
-    "logging": false
+    "logging": false,
+    "extra": {
+      "connectString": "typeorm-oracle:1521/XE"
+    }
   }
 ]
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e100be4b4..319bc470a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7674,6 +7674,12 @@
         "wordwrap": "~1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "oracledb": {
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/oracledb/-/oracledb-5.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NLE3t6KiAkpBHA1/zgjNiKaa9Z4Nnp4PuB3d0b3Kz4C8klrIrMKfHIGUySlwqgDW588m7/2hnPxU7PH6wjBd6g==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "ordered-read-streams": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ordered-read-streams/-/ordered-read-streams-1.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7890bcf58..a0c3fbd2a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
     "mssql": "^4.3.2",
     "mysql": "^2.15.0",
     "mysql2": "^1.6.5",
+    "oracledb": "^5.0.0",
     "pg": "^8.3.0",
     "redis": "^2.8.0",
     "remap-istanbul": "^0.13.0",
diff --git a/test/github-issues/1972/issue-1972.ts b/test/github-issues/1972/issue-1972.ts
index 0b957b973..df65ea747 100644
--- a/test/github-issues/1972/issue-1972.ts
+++ b/test/github-issues/1972/issue-1972.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ describe("github issues > #1972 STI problem - empty columns", () => {
 
     before(async () => connections = await createTestingConnections({
         entities: [__dirname + "/entity/*{.js,.ts}"],
+        enabledDrivers: ['mysql']
     }));
 
     beforeEach(() => reloadTestingDatabases(connections));
diff --git a/test/github-issues/3118/issue-3118.ts b/test/github-issues/3118/issue-3118.ts
index 001e358e6..de30cc7aa 100644
--- a/test/github-issues/3118/issue-3118.ts
+++ b/test/github-issues/3118/issue-3118.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ describe("github issues > #3118 shorten alias names (for RDBMS with a limit) whe
     let connections: Connection[];
     before(async () => connections = await createTestingConnections({
         entities: [__dirname + "/entity/*{.js,.ts}"],
+        enabledDrivers: ["mysql", "postgres", "cockroachdb", "sap", "mariadb", "mssql"]
     }));
     beforeEach(() => reloadTestingDatabases(connections));
     after(() => closeTestingConnections(connections));