diff --git a/.ci/travis/linux/docker-build-test.sh b/.ci/travis/linux/docker-build-test.sh
index 3ac827fbf89..042bf9b2dcc 100755
--- a/.ci/travis/linux/docker-build-test.sh
+++ b/.ci/travis/linux/docker-build-test.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ cmake \
  -DSUPPRESS_QT_WARNINGS=ON \
  -DENABLE_MODELTEST=ON \
  -DENABLE_PGTEST=ON \
+ -DENABLE_MSSQLTEST=ON \
  -DWITH_QSPATIALITE=ON \
  -DWITH_QWTPOLAR=OFF \
  -DWITH_APIDOC=OFF \
@@ -107,6 +108,36 @@ pushd /root/QGIS > /dev/null
 /root/QGIS/tests/testdata/provider/testdata_pg.sh
 popd > /dev/null # /root/QGIS
 
+##############################
+# Restore SQL Server test data
+##############################
+
+echo "Importing SQL Server test data..."
+
+export SQLUSER=sa
+export SQLHOST=mssql
+export SQLPORT=1433
+export SQLPASSWORD='<YourStrong!Passw0rd>'
+export SQLDATABASE=qgis_test
+
+export PATH=$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin
+
+pushd /root/QGIS > /dev/null
+/root/QGIS/tests/testdata/provider/testdata_mssql.sh
+popd > /dev/null # /root/QGIS
+
+echo "Setting up DSN for test SQL Server"
+
+cat <<EOT > /etc/odbc.ini
+[ODBC Data Sources]
+testsqlserver = ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
+
+[testsqlserver]
+Driver       = ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
+Description  = Test SQL Server
+Server       = mssql
+EOT
+
 ###########
 # Run tests
 ###########
diff --git a/.docker/docker-compose.travis.yml b/.docker/docker-compose.travis.yml
index 4a8207e1c96..d3575b9dc1c 100644
--- a/.docker/docker-compose.travis.yml
+++ b/.docker/docker-compose.travis.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ services:
     environment:
       - ALLOW_IP_RANGE="172.18.0.0/16"
 
+  mssql:
+    image: microsoft/mssql-server-linux:2017-latest
+    environment:
+      ACCEPT_EULA: Y
+      SA_PASSWORD: <YourStrong!Passw0rd>
+
   qgis-deps:
     tty: true
     image: qgis/qgis3-build-deps:${DOCKER_TAG}
@@ -13,6 +19,7 @@ services:
       - $HOME/.ccache:/root/.ccache  # if changed, also change env var
     links:
       - postgres
+      - mssql
     environment:
       - CCACHE_DIR=/root/.ccache
       - CTEST_BUILD_DIR=/root/QGIS
diff --git a/.docker/qgis3-build-deps.dockerfile b/.docker/qgis3-build-deps.dockerfile
index f486360393b..f31b9fdb501 100644
--- a/.docker/qgis3-build-deps.dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/qgis3-build-deps.dockerfile
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ LABEL Description="Docker container with QGIS dependencies" Vendor="QGIS.org" Ve
 # && echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu xenial main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list \
 # && apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 314DF160 \
 
+
 RUN  apt-get update \
   && apt-get install -y software-properties-common \
   && apt-get update \
   && apt-get install -y \
+    apt-transport-https \
     bison \
     ca-certificates \
     ccache \
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ RUN  apt-get update \
     libqt5quick5 \
     libqt5quickcontrols2-5 \
     libqt5scintilla2-dev \
+    libqt5sql5-odbc \
     libqt5sql5-sqlite \
     libqt5svg5-dev \
     libqt5webkit5-dev \
@@ -112,6 +115,19 @@ RUN  apt-get update \
     pyopenssl \
   && apt-get clean
 
+
+# MSSQL: client side
+RUN curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | apt-key add -
+RUN curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/prod.list | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/msprod.list
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y msodbcsql17 mssql-tools
+
+# Avoid sqlcmd termination due to locale -- see https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-docker/issues/163
+RUN echo "nb_NO.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen
+RUN echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
+RUN locale-gen
+
+
 RUN echo "alias python=python3" >> ~/.bash_aliases
 
 ENV CC=/usr/lib/ccache/clang
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_provider_mssql.py b/tests/src/python/test_provider_mssql.py
index ed35a76825f..d21b74116b3 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_provider_mssql.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_provider_mssql.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from qgis.core import (QgsSettings,
                        QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem)
 
 from qgis.PyQt.QtCore import QDate, QTime, QDateTime, QVariant
-
 from utilities import unitTestDataPath
 from qgis.testing import start_app, unittest
 from providertestbase import ProviderTestCase
@@ -44,18 +43,18 @@ class TestPyQgsMssqlProvider(unittest.TestCase, ProviderTestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         """Run before all tests"""
-        cls.dbconn = "service='Driver={ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server};server=127.0.0.1;uid=SA;pwd=<YourStrong!Passw0rd>' user='SA' password='<YourStrong!Passw0rd>'"
-
+	# These are the connection details for the SQL Server instance running on Travis
+        cls.dbconn = "service='testsqlserver' user=sa password='<YourStrong!Passw0rd>' "
         if 'QGIS_MSSQLTEST_DB' in os.environ:
             cls.dbconn = os.environ['QGIS_MSSQLTEST_DB']
         # Create test layers
         cls.vl = QgsVectorLayer(
             cls.dbconn + ' sslmode=disable key=\'pk\' srid=4326 type=POINT table="qgis_test"."someData" (geom) sql=', 'test', 'mssql')
-        assert(cls.vl.isValid())
+        assert cls.vl.isValid(), cls.vl.dataProvider().error()
         cls.source = cls.vl.dataProvider()
         cls.poly_vl = QgsVectorLayer(
             cls.dbconn + ' sslmode=disable key=\'pk\' srid=4326 type=POLYGON table="qgis_test"."some_poly_data" (geom) sql=', 'test', 'mssql')
-        assert(cls.poly_vl.isValid())
+        assert cls.poly_vl.isValid(), cls.poly_vl.dataProvider().error()
         cls.poly_provider = cls.poly_vl.dataProvider()
 
     @classmethod