diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/dummyjail.py b/fail2ban/tests/dummyjail.py
index 9b784f77..6be571d3 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/dummyjail.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/dummyjail.py
@@ -24,18 +24,19 @@ __license__ = "GPL"
 
 from threading import Lock
 
+from ..server.jail import Jail
 from ..server.actions import Actions
 
 
-class DummyJail(object):
+class DummyJail(Jail, object):
 	"""A simple 'jail' to suck in all the tickets generated by Filter's
 	"""
-	def __init__(self):
+	def __init__(self, backend=None):
 		self.lock = Lock()
 		self.queue = []
-		self.idle = False
-		self.database = None
-		self.actions = Actions(self)
+		super(DummyJail, self).__init__(name='DummyJail', backend=backend)
+		self.__db = None
+		self.__actions = Actions(self)
 
 	def __len__(self):
 		try:
@@ -64,3 +65,26 @@ class DummyJail(object):
 	@property
 	def name(self):
 		return "DummyJail #%s with %d tickets" % (id(self), len(self))
+
+	@property
+	def idle(self):
+		return False;
+	
+	@idle.setter
+	def idle(self, value):
+		pass
+
+	@property
+	def database(self):
+		return self.__db;
+	
+	@database.setter
+	def database(self, value):
+		self.__db = value;
+
+	@property
+	def actions(self):
+		return self.__actions;
+
+	def is_alive(self):
+		return True;