diff --git a/django/db/backends/__init__.py b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
index bf622b9a0f..f26653f7b4 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ class BaseDatabaseFeatures(object):
     # in the SQL standard.
     supports_tablespaces = False
 
+    # Does the backend reset sequences between tests?
+    supports_sequence_reset = True
+
     # Features that need to be confirmed at runtime
     # Cache whether the confirmation has been performed.
     _confirmed = False
diff --git a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
index 2f3a43d698..fe512dfee5 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class DatabaseFeatures(BaseDatabaseFeatures):
     ignores_nulls_in_unique_constraints = False
     has_bulk_insert = True
     supports_tablespaces = True
+    supports_sequence_reset = False
 
 class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
     compiler_module = "django.db.backends.oracle.compiler"
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/test_runner/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/test_runner/tests.py
index 3a8a4efe3d..05f99105aa 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/test_runner/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/test_runner/tests.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ from optparse import make_option
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from django import db
-from django.db import connection
-from django.test import simple, TransactionTestCase
+from django.test import simple, TransactionTestCase, skipUnlessDBFeature
 from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner, get_tests
 from django.test.testcases import connections_support_transactions
 from django.utils import unittest
@@ -291,16 +290,12 @@ class AutoIncrementResetTest(TransactionTestCase):
     and check that both times they get "1" as their PK value. That is, we test
     that AutoField values start from 1 for each transactional test case.
     """
-    @unittest.skipIf(connection.vendor == 'oracle',
-                     "Oracle's auto-increment fields are not reset between "
-                     "tests")
+    @skipUnlessDBFeature('supports_sequence_reset')
     def test_autoincrement_reset1(self):
         p = Person.objects.create(first_name='Jack', last_name='Smith')
         self.assertEqual(p.pk, 1)
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(connection.vendor == 'oracle',
-                     "Oracle's auto-increment fields are not reset between "
-                     "tests")
+    @skipUnlessDBFeature('supports_sequence_reset')
     def test_autoincrement_reset2(self):
         p = Person.objects.create(first_name='Jack', last_name='Smith')
         self.assertEqual(p.pk, 1)