diff --git a/docker/images/n8n/README.md b/docker/images/n8n/README.md
index 16d12e226d..984a024848 100644
--- a/docker/images/n8n/README.md
+++ b/docker/images/n8n/README.md
@@ -175,6 +175,31 @@ docker run -it --rm \
 A full working setup with docker-compose can be found [here](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/docker/compose/withPostgres/README.md)
 
 
+#### Use with MySQL
+
+Replace the following placeholders with the actual data:
+ - MYSQLDB_DATABASE
+ - MYSQLDB_HOST
+ - MYSQLDB_PASSWORD
+ - MYSQLDB_PORT
+ - MYSQLDB_USER
+
+```
+docker run -it --rm \
+  --name n8n \
+  -p 5678:5678 \
+	-e DB_TYPE=mysqldb \
+	-e DB_MYSQLDB_DATABASE=<MYSQLDB_DATABASE> \
+	-e DB_MYSQLDB_HOST=<MYSQLDB_HOST> \
+	-e DB_MYSQLDB_PORT=<MYSQLDB_PORT> \
+	-e DB_MYSQLDB_USER=<MYSQLDB_USER> \
+	-e DB_MYSQLDB_PASSWORD=<MYSQLDB_PASSWORD> \
+  -v ~/.n8n:/root/.n8n \
+  n8nio/n8n \
+  n8n start
+```
+
+
 ## Passing Sensitive Data via File
 
 To avoid passing sensitive information via environment variables "_FILE" may be
diff --git a/docs/database.md b/docs/database.md
index 4603f7f2aa..1410374a26 100644
--- a/docs/database.md
+++ b/docs/database.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ To use MySQL as database you can provide the following environment variables:
 
 
 ```bash
-export DB_TYPE=postgresdb
+export DB_TYPE=mysqldb
 export DB_MYSQLDB_DATABASE=n8n
 export DB_MYSQLDB_HOST=mysqldb
 export DB_MYSQLDB_PORT=3306
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index f14916a275..06a0d7fbbf 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
         "localtunnel": "^2.0.0",
         "lodash.get": "^4.4.2",
         "mongodb": "^3.2.3",
+        "mysql2": "^2.0.1",
         "n8n-core": "~0.24.0",
         "n8n-editor-ui": "~0.35.0",
         "n8n-nodes-base": "~0.47.0",