diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-mysql-client-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-mysql-client-tests.yaml
index 8e21981d0e..234976118a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-mysql-client-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-mysql-client-tests.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   mysql_client_integrations_job:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: 45
     name: Run tests
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/integration-tests/MySQLDockerfile b/integration-tests/MySQLDockerfile
index dd86df9541..0cd7e32d0a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/MySQLDockerfile
+++ b/integration-tests/MySQLDockerfile
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ RUN gem install bundler -v 2.1.4 && bundle install
 RUN Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("DBI", "RMySQL", "RMariaDB"), \
                   repos = c(RSPM="https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/focal/latest"))'
 
+# install rust
+RUN curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain stable -y
+ENV PATH="/root/.cargo/bin:${PATH}"
+
 # install postgres and psql
 RUN service postgresql start
 
@@ -136,5 +140,9 @@ RUN go build -o /usr/local/bin/dolt ./cmd/dolt
 COPY mysql-client-tests /mysql-client-tests
 COPY mysql-client-tests/mysql-client-tests-entrypoint.sh /mysql-client-tests/entrypoint.sh
 
+# install rust dependencies
+WORKDIR /mysql-client-tests/rust
+RUN cargo build --config net.git-fetch-with-cli=true
+
 WORKDIR /mysql-client-tests
 ENTRYPOINT ["/mysql-client-tests/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/mysql-client-tests.bats b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/mysql-client-tests.bats
index 88b12e9a37..a04ac973c1 100644
--- a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/mysql-client-tests.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/mysql-client-tests.bats
@@ -162,4 +162,8 @@ EOF" -m "postgres"
     Rscript $BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/r/rmariadb-test.r $USER $PORT $REPO_NAME
 }
 
+@test "rust mysql.connector client" {
+    cd $BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/rust
+    cargo run --bin mysql_connector_test $USER $PORT $REPO_NAME
+}
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/rust/Cargo.toml b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/rust/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a26070a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+
+name = "mysql_connector_test"
+version = "0.0.1"
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+mysql = "*"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "mysql_connector_test"
+path = "src/mysql_connector_test.rs"
diff --git a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/rust/rust-toolchain.toml b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/rust/rust-toolchain.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..292fe499e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/rust/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[toolchain]
+channel = "stable"
diff --git a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/rust/src/mysql_connector_test.rs b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/rust/src/mysql_connector_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91de8a5ed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/rust/src/mysql_connector_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+use mysql::Row;
+use mysql::prelude::*;
+use std::env;
+use std::process::exit;
+
+fn main() {
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    let user = &args[1];
+    let port = &args[2];
+    let db = &args[3];
+
+    let url = format!("mysql://{}@127.0.0.1:{}/{}", user, port, db);
+    let connection_opts = mysql::Opts::from_url(&url).unwrap();
+    let pool = mysql::Pool::new(connection_opts).unwrap();
+    let mut conn = pool.get_conn().unwrap();
+
+    let queries: Vec<(&str, usize)> = [
+        ("create table test (pk int, `value` int, primary key(pk))", 0),
+        ("describe test", 2),
+        ("insert into test (pk, `value`) values (0,0)", 0),
+        ("select * from test", 1),
+        ("call dolt_add('-A');", 1),
+        ("call dolt_commit('-m', 'my commit')", 1),
+        ("call dolt_checkout('-b', 'mybranch')", 1),
+        ("insert into test (pk, `value`) values (1,1)", 0),
+        ("call dolt_commit('-a', '-m', 'my commit2')", 1),
+        ("call dolt_checkout('main')", 1),
+        ("call dolt_merge('mybranch')", 1),
+        ("select COUNT(*) FROM dolt_log", 1)
+    ].to_vec();
+
+    for (query, expected) in queries.into_iter() {
+        let result = conn.query(query);
+        let response : Vec<Row> = result.expect("Error: bad response");
+        println!("{:?}", response);
+        if response.len() != expected {
+            println!("LENGTH: {}", response.len());
+            println!("QUERY: {}", query);
+            println!("EXPECTED: {}", expected);
+            println!("RESULT: {:?}", response);
+            exit(1)
+        }
+    }
+
+    exit(0)
+}