diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 71f0c74..6573f4c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ and should instead be passed as:
 
     postgres://user:p%23ssword!@localhost/foobar
 
+`TEST <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/settings/#test>`_ settings can be configured using the ``test_options`` attribute::
+
+    DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config(default='postgres://...', test_options={'NAME': 'mytestdatabase'})
+
+
 URL schema
 ----------
 
diff --git a/dj_database_url.py b/dj_database_url.py
index 286b575..ae795b1 100644
--- a/dj_database_url.py
+++ b/dj_database_url.py
@@ -46,19 +46,32 @@
 
 
 def config(
-    env=DEFAULT_ENV, default=None, engine=None, conn_max_age=0, ssl_require=False
+    env=DEFAULT_ENV,
+    default=None,
+    engine=None,
+    conn_max_age=0,
+    conn_health_checks=False,
+    ssl_require=False,
+    test_options={},
 ):
     """Returns configured DATABASE dictionary from DATABASE_URL."""
     s = os.environ.get(env, default)
 
     if s:
-        return parse(s, engine, conn_max_age, ssl_require)
+        return parse(
+            s, engine, conn_max_age, conn_health_checks, ssl_require, test_options
+        )
 
     return {}
 
 
 def parse(
-    url, engine=None, conn_max_age=0, conn_health_checks=False, ssl_require=False
+    url,
+    engine=None,
+    conn_max_age=0,
+    conn_health_checks=False,
+    ssl_require=False,
+    test_options={},
 ):
     """Parses a database URL."""
 
@@ -120,6 +133,12 @@ def parse(
             "CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS": conn_health_checks,
         }
     )
+    if test_options:
+        parsed_config.update(
+            {
+                'TEST': test_options,
+            }
+        )
 
     # Pass the query string into OPTIONS.
     options = {}
diff --git a/test_dj_database_url.py b/test_dj_database_url.py
index 077622b..c76c816 100644
--- a/test_dj_database_url.py
+++ b/test_dj_database_url.py
@@ -117,6 +117,17 @@ def test_mysql_connector_parsing(self):
         assert url["PASSWORD"] == "wegauwhgeuioweg"
         assert url["PORT"] == 5431
 
+    def test_config_test_options(self):
+        os.environ[
+            "DATABASE_URL"
+        ] = "postgres://uf07k1i6d8ia0v:wegauwhgeuioweg@ec2-107-21-253-135.compute-1.amazonaws.com:5431/d8r82722r2kuvn?"
+        test_db_config = {
+            'NAME': 'mytestdatabase',
+        }
+        url = dj_database_url.config(test_options=test_db_config)
+
+        assert url['TEST']['NAME'] == 'mytestdatabase'
+
     def test_cleardb_parsing(self):
         url = "mysql://bea6eb025ca0d8:69772142@us-cdbr-east.cleardb.com/heroku_97681db3eff7580?reconnect=true"
         url = dj_database_url.parse(url)