@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 <systemPropertyVariables>
 <spanner.test.instance>spanner-testing</spanner.test.instance>
 <spanner.sample.database>mysample</spanner.sample.database>
-<spanner.quickstart.database>quickstart-db</spanner.quickstart.database>
+<spanner.quickstart.database>quick-db</spanner.quickstart.database>
 </systemPropertyVariables>
 </configuration>
 </plugin>

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 <systemPropertyVariables>
 <spanner.test.instance>spanner-testing</spanner.test.instance>
 <spanner.sample.database>mysample</spanner.sample.database>
-<spanner.quickstart.database>quickstart-db</spanner.quickstart.database>
+<spanner.quickstart.database>quick-db</spanner.quickstart.database>
 </systemPropertyVariables>
 </configuration>
 </plugin>

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 <systemPropertyVariables>
 <spanner.test.instance>spanner-testing</spanner.test.instance>
 <spanner.sample.database>mysample</spanner.sample.database>
-<spanner.quickstart.database>quickstart-db</spanner.quickstart.database>
+<spanner.quickstart.database>quick-db</spanner.quickstart.database>
 </systemPropertyVariables>
 </configuration>
 </plugin>

@@ -18,10 +18,19 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
+import com.google.cloud.spanner.DatabaseAdminClient;
+import com.google.cloud.spanner.DatabaseNotFoundException;
+import com.google.cloud.spanner.Spanner;
+import com.google.cloud.spanner.SpannerOptions;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
@@ -32,13 +41,27 @@
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
 @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:abbreviationaswordinname")
 public class QuickstartSampleIT {
-private String instanceId = System.getProperty("spanner.test.instance");
-// This database needs to exist for test to pass.
-private String dbId = System.getProperty("spanner.quickstart.database");
+private static String instanceId = System.getProperty("spanner.test.instance");
+private static String dbId = formatForTest(System.getProperty("spanner.quickstart.database"));
+private static DatabaseAdminClient dbClient;
+
 private ByteArrayOutputStream bout;
 private PrintStream stdOut = System.out;
 private PrintStream out;
 
+@BeforeClass
+public static void createDatabase() {
+final SpannerOptions options = SpannerOptions.newBuilder().build();
+final Spanner spanner = options.getService();
+dbClient = spanner.getDatabaseAdminClient();
+dbClient.createDatabase(instanceId, dbId, Collections.emptyList());
+}
+
+@AfterClass
+public static void dropDatabase() {
+dbClient.dropDatabase(instanceId, dbId);
+}
+
 @Before
 public void setUp() {
 bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
@@ -59,4 +82,8 @@ public void testQuickstart() throws Exception {
 String got = bout.toString();
 assertThat(got).contains("1");
 }
+
+private static String formatForTest(String name) {
+return name + "-" + UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 20);
+}
 }