diff --git a/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs b/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs
index e0bf0729a4..77aab79f54 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs
@@ -26,9 +26,20 @@ namespace MusicStore
 
             app.UseServices(services =>
             {
+                //If this type is present - we're on mono
+                var runningOnMono = Type.GetType("Mono.Runtime") != null;
+
                 // Add EF services to the services container
-                services.AddEntityFramework()
-                        .AddSqlServer();
+                if (runningOnMono)
+                {
+                    services.AddEntityFramework()
+                            .AddInMemoryStore();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    services.AddEntityFramework()
+                            .AddSqlServer();
+                }
 
                 services.AddScoped<MusicStoreContext>();
 
@@ -37,7 +48,14 @@ namespace MusicStore
                         {
                             options.DefaultAdminUserName = configuration.Get("DefaultAdminUsername");
                             options.DefaultAdminPassword = configuration.Get("DefaultAdminPassword");
-                            options.UseSqlServer(configuration.Get("Data:DefaultConnection:ConnectionString"));
+                            if (runningOnMono)
+                            {
+                                options.UseInMemoryStore();
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                options.UseSqlServer(configuration.Get("Data:DefaultConnection:ConnectionString"));
+                            }
                         });
 
                 // Add Identity services to the services container
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/project.json b/src/MusicStore/project.json
index c75b2aa442..ba3e563f40 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/project.json
+++ b/src/MusicStore/project.json
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
         "Microsoft.AspNet.Security.Cookies": "1.0.0-*",
         "Microsoft.AspNet.StaticFiles": "1.0.0-*",
         "EntityFramework.SqlServer": "7.0.0-*",
+        /*For Mono*/
+        "EntityFramework.InMemory":  "7.0.0-*",
         "Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel.Json": "1.0.0-*",
         "Microsoft.Framework.OptionsModel": "1.0.0-*"
     },