diff --git a/tests/boulder-start.sh b/tests/boulder-start.sh
index ccc79f8c2..e17716b54 100755
--- a/tests/boulder-start.sh
+++ b/tests/boulder-start.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export GOPATH="${GOPATH:-/tmp/go}"
 # see `go help packages`
 go get -d github.com/letsencrypt/boulder/...
 cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/letsencrypt/boulder
+# goose is needed for ./test/create_db.sh
+go get bitbucket.org/liamstask/goose/cmd/goose
 ./test/create_db.sh
 ./start.py &
 # Hopefully start.py bootstraps before integration test is started...