diff --git a/canned/canned.go b/canned/canned.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5af0a15375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canned/canned.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Package canned offers some common containers
+// and straight forward integrations for your tests.
+package canned
diff --git a/canned/postgresql.go b/canned/postgresql.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77c4828ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canned/postgresql.go
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+package canned
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"database/sql/driver"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/docker/go-connections/nat"
+	"github.com/lib/pq"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	testcontainers "github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
+	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/wait"
+)
+
+const (
+	postgresUser       = "user"
+	postgresPassword   = "password"
+	postgresDatabase   = "database"
+	postgresImage      = "postgres"
+	postgresDefaultTag = "11.5"
+	postgresPort       = "5432/tcp"
+)
+
+// PostgreSQLContainerRequest completes GenericContainerRequest
+// with PostgreSQL specific parameters
+type PostgreSQLContainerRequest struct {
+	testcontainers.GenericContainerRequest
+	User     string
+	Password string
+	Database string
+}
+
+// PostgreSQLContainer should always be created via NewPostgreSQLContainer
+type PostgreSQLContainer struct {
+	Container testcontainers.Container
+	db        *sql.DB
+	req       PostgreSQLContainerRequest
+}
+
+// GetDriver returns a sql.DB connecting to the previously started Postgres DB.
+// All the parameters are taken from the previous PostgreSQLContainerRequest
+func (c *PostgreSQLContainer) GetDriver(ctx context.Context) (*sql.DB, error) {
+
+	host, err := c.Container.Host(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	mappedPort, err := c.Container.MappedPort(ctx, postgresPort)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", fmt.Sprintf(
+		"host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable",
+		host,
+		mappedPort.Int(),
+		c.req.User,
+		c.req.Password,
+		c.req.Database,
+	))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return db, nil
+}
+
+// NewPostgreSQLContainer creates and (optionally) starts a Postgres database.
+// If autostarted, the function returns only after a successful execution of a query
+// (confirming that the database is ready)
+func NewPostgreSQLContainer(ctx context.Context, req PostgreSQLContainerRequest) (*PostgreSQLContainer, error) {
+
+	provider, err := req.ProviderType.GetProvider()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// With the current logic it's not really possible to allow other ports...
+	req.ExposedPorts = []string{postgresPort}
+
+	if req.Env == nil {
+		req.Env = map[string]string{}
+	}
+
+	// Set the default values if none were provided in the request
+	if req.Image == "" && req.FromDockerfile.Context == "" {
+		req.Image = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", postgresImage, postgresDefaultTag)
+	}
+
+	if req.User == "" {
+		req.User = postgresUser
+	}
+
+	if req.Password == "" {
+		req.Password = postgresPassword
+	}
+
+	if req.Database == "" {
+		req.Database = postgresDatabase
+	}
+
+	req.Env["POSTGRES_USER"] = req.User
+	req.Env["POSTGRES_PASSWORD"] = req.Password
+	req.Env["POSTGRES_DB"] = req.Database
+
+	connectorVars := map[string]interface{}{
+		"port":     postgresPort,
+		"user":     req.User,
+		"password": req.Password,
+		"database": req.Database,
+	}
+
+	req.WaitingFor = wait.ForSQL(postgresConnectorFromTarget, connectorVars)
+
+	c, err := provider.CreateContainer(ctx, req.ContainerRequest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create container")
+	}
+
+	postgresC := &PostgreSQLContainer{
+		Container: c,
+		req:       req,
+	}
+
+	if req.Started {
+		if err := c.Start(ctx); err != nil {
+			return postgresC, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to start container")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return postgresC, nil
+}
+
+func postgresConnectorFromTarget(ctx context.Context, target wait.StrategyTarget, variables wait.SQLVariables) (driver.Connector, error) {
+
+	host, err := target.Host(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	mappedPort, err := target.MappedPort(ctx, nat.Port(variables["port"].(string)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	connString := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable",
+		host,
+		mappedPort.Int(),
+		variables["user"],
+		variables["password"],
+		variables["database"],
+	)
+
+	return pq.NewConnector(connString)
+}
diff --git a/canned/postgresql_test.go b/canned/postgresql_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6423142ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canned/postgresql_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package canned
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	testcontainers "github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
+)
+
+func TestWriteIntoAPostgreSQLContainerViaDriver(t *testing.T) {
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	c, err := NewPostgreSQLContainer(ctx, PostgreSQLContainerRequest{
+		Database: "hello",
+		GenericContainerRequest: testcontainers.GenericContainerRequest{
+			Started: true,
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+	defer c.Container.Terminate(ctx)
+
+	sqlC, err := c.GetDriver(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	_, err = sqlC.ExecContext(ctx, "CREATE TABLE example ( id integer, data varchar(32) )")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+func ExamplePostgreSQLContainerRequest() {
+
+	// Optional
+	containerRequest := testcontainers.ContainerRequest{
+		Image: "docker.io/library/postgres:11.5",
+	}
+
+	genericContainerRequest := testcontainers.GenericContainerRequest{
+		Started:          true,
+		ContainerRequest: containerRequest,
+	}
+
+	// Database, User, and Password are optional,
+	// the driver will use default ones if not provided
+	postgreSQLContainerRequest := PostgreSQLContainerRequest{
+		Database:                "mycustomdatabase",
+		User:                    "anyuser",
+		Password:                "yoursecurepassword",
+		GenericContainerRequest: genericContainerRequest,
+	}
+
+	postgreSQLContainerRequest.Validate()
+}
+
+func ExampleNewPostgreSQLContainer() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Create your PostgreSQL database,
+	// by setting Started this function will not return
+	// until a test connection has been established
+	c, _ := NewPostgreSQLContainer(ctx, PostgreSQLContainerRequest{
+		Database: "hello",
+		GenericContainerRequest: testcontainers.GenericContainerRequest{
+			Started: true,
+		},
+	})
+	defer c.Container.Terminate(ctx)
+}
+
+func ExamplePostgreSQLContainer_GetDriver() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	c, _ := NewPostgreSQLContainer(ctx, PostgreSQLContainerRequest{
+		Database: "hello",
+		GenericContainerRequest: testcontainers.GenericContainerRequest{
+			Started: true,
+		},
+	})
+	defer c.Container.Terminate(ctx)
+
+	// Now you can simply interact with your DB
+	db, _ := c.GetDriver(ctx)
+
+	db.Ping()
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a6474453d7..49f313fe03 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/context v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0
 	github.com/morikuni/aec v0.0.0-20170113033406-39771216ff4c // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 39255a906d..b742aebdaf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QH
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20190426062206-aaeac12a7ffc h1:TP+534wVlf61smEIq1nwLLAjQVEK2EADoW3CX9AuT+8=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20190426062206-aaeac12a7ffc/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1-0.20190205005809-0d3efadf0154+incompatible h1:dvc1KSkIYTVjZgHf/CTC2diTYC8PzhaA5sFISRfNVrE=
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1-0.20190205005809-0d3efadf0154+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxv
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0 h1:LXpIM/LZ5xGFhOpXAQUIMM1HdyqzVYM13zNdjCEEcA0=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
 github.com/morikuni/aec v0.0.0-20170113033406-39771216ff4c/go.mod h1:BbKIizmSmc5MMPqRYbxO4ZU0S0+P200+tUnFx7PXmsc=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.8.0 h1:VkHVNpR4iVnU8XQR6DBm8BqYjN7CRzw+xKUbVVbbW9w=
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0 h1:juTguoYk5qI21pwyTXY3B3Y5cOTH3ZUyZCg1v/mihuo
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPxbbu5VWo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2 h1:bSDNvY7ZPG5RlJ8otE/7V6gMiyenm9RtJ7IUVIAoJ1w=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793 h1:u+LnwYTOOW7Ukr/fppxEb1Nwz0AtPflrblfvUudpo+I=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
diff --git a/wait/sql.go b/wait/sql.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..541f7cfeff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wait/sql.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package wait
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	"database/sql"
+	"database/sql/driver"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+type SQLVariables map[string]interface{}
+
+type SQLConnectorFromTarget func(ctx context.Context, target StrategyTarget, variables SQLVariables) (driver.Connector, error)
+
+var _ Strategy = (*SQLStrategy)(nil)
+
+type SQLStrategy struct {
+	startupTimeout  time.Duration
+	PollInterval    time.Duration
+	ConnectorSource SQLConnectorFromTarget
+	SQLVariables    SQLVariables
+}
+
+func NewSQLStrategy(ds SQLConnectorFromTarget, sv SQLVariables) *SQLStrategy {
+	return &SQLStrategy{
+		startupTimeout:  defaultStartupTimeout(),
+		PollInterval:    500 * time.Millisecond,
+		ConnectorSource: ds,
+		SQLVariables:    sv,
+	}
+}
+
+func ForSQL(ds SQLConnectorFromTarget, sv SQLVariables) *SQLStrategy {
+	return NewSQLStrategy(ds, sv)
+}
+
+// WithStartupTimeout can be used to change the default startup timeout
+func (ws *SQLStrategy) WithStartupTimeout(startupTimeout time.Duration) *SQLStrategy {
+	ws.startupTimeout = startupTimeout
+	return ws
+}
+
+// WithPollInterval can be used to override the default polling interval of 100 milliseconds
+func (ws *SQLStrategy) WithPollInterval(pollInterval time.Duration) *SQLStrategy {
+	ws.PollInterval = pollInterval
+	return ws
+}
+
+func (ws *SQLStrategy) WaitUntilReady(ctx context.Context, target StrategyTarget) error {
+
+	ctx, cancelContext := context.WithTimeout(ctx, ws.startupTimeout)
+	defer cancelContext()
+
+	conn, err := ws.ConnectorSource(ctx, target, ws.SQLVariables)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not retrieve the SQL connector from the provided function")
+	}
+
+	db := sql.OpenDB(conn)
+
+LOOP:
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return ctx.Err()
+		default:
+			_, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, "SELECT 1")
+			if err != nil {
+				time.Sleep(ws.PollInterval)
+				continue
+			}
+			break LOOP
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}