diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 646c021fa..f826ac141 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ target/
 .sonar4clipse
 *.sonar4clipseExternals
 *.graphml
+
+#prevent license accapting file to get accidentially commited to git
+container-license-acceptance.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fd4d0e511..d3ed4506d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ services:
 install: true
 
 script:
+  - "echo 'microsoft/mssql-server-linux:2017-CU6' > spring-data-jdbc/src/test/resources/container-license-acceptance.txt"
   - "mvn -version"
   - "mvn clean dependency:list test -Pall-dbs${NO_JACOCO:+',no-jacoco'} -Dsort -U"
diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/README.adoc b/spring-data-jdbc/README.adoc
index a5c97f97f..da253798c 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/README.adoc
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc/README.adoc
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ Currently the following _databasetypes_ are available:
 * mysql
 * postgres
 * mariadb
+* mssql
+
+Testing with Microsoft SQL Server requires you to accept the EULA of the Microsoft SQL Server Docker image, so the build may download and run it for you.
+In order to accept the EULA please add a file named `container-license-acceptance.txt` to the classpath, i.e. `src/test/resources` with the content:
+
+```
+microsoft/mssql-server-linux:2017-CU6
+```
 
 === Run tests with all databases
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/resources/container-license-acceptance.txt b/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/resources/container-license-acceptance.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b546fb081..000000000
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/resources/container-license-acceptance.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-microsoft/mssql-server-linux:2017-CU6
\ No newline at end of file