diff --git a/MySQLDockerfile b/MySQLDockerfile
index 77abce6cf4..a404838409 100644
--- a/MySQLDockerfile
+++ b/MySQLDockerfile
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ RUN apt-get -y install python3-pip
 # install curl
 RUN apt-get -y install curl
 
+# install mysql-client and associated C libraries
+RUN apt-get -y install mysql-client
+
 # install mysql connector and pymsql
 RUN pip3 install mysql-connector-python
 RUN pip3 install PyMySQL