diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5dfb2f7c5..c75dda0b7 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -50,3 +50,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'factory_girl_rails'
 end
 
+group :test do
+  gem 'database_cleaner'
+end
+
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 0b070914b..6dfac43e4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ GEM
       execjs
     coffee-script-source (1.9.1.1)
     columnize (0.9.0)
+    database_cleaner (1.4.1)
     debug_inspector (0.0.2)
     devise (3.5.1)
       bcrypt (~> 3.0)
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   byebug
   capybara
   coffee-rails (~> 4.1.0)
+  database_cleaner
   devise
   factory_girl_rails
   foundation-rails
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 7ad54cc81..7ff23a112 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.run_all_when_everything_filtered = true
   config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
 
+  config.before(:suite) do
+    DatabaseCleaner.clean_with :truncation
+    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
+  end
+
+  config.before(:each) do
+    DatabaseCleaner.start
+  end
+
+  config.after(:each) do
+    DatabaseCleaner.clean
+  end
+
   # Allows RSpec to persist some state between runs in order to support
   # the `--only-failures` and `--next-failure` CLI options.
   config.example_status_persistence_file_path = "spec/examples.txt"