diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index a8b11184f74573e173a4eb76043060d9e2871162..03ba4f8dbcd52c6efadbba5f987fc1f37fb04d71 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -53,7 +53,18 @@ defineConstant("URL_SHARED_IMG", BASE_URL . "/public/opac/images");
 setupOpac();
 
 Zend_Registry::get('cache')->setOption('caching', true);
+
+$db_cache = Zend_Cache::factory('Core',
+																'File',
+																['lifetime' => 300 ,
+																 'automatic_serialization' => true],
+																['cache_dir' => PATH_TEMP ]);
+
+Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultMetadataCache($db_cache);
+
+
 Storm_Cache::setSeed('local');
+
 $cfg = new Zend_Config(Zend_Registry::get('cfg')->toArray(), true);
 $cfg->amber = new Zend_Config(array('deploy' => false));