diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5c94ea7..938c588 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ categories = ["database", "development-tools::debugging", "development-tools::pr
 [features]
 postgres = ["sqlx/postgres"]
 sqlite = ["sqlx/sqlite"]
+mysql = ["sqlx/mysql"]
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = { version = "0.3" }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ee99dbc..46f1c76 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ pub mod postgres;
 #[cfg(feature = "sqlite")]
 pub mod sqlite;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "mysql")]
+pub mod mysql;
+
 /// Attributes describing the database connection and context.
 /// Used for span enrichment and attribute propagation.
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
@@ -73,6 +76,26 @@ impl From<sqlx::Pool<sqlx::Sqlite>> for PoolBuilder<sqlx::Sqlite> {
     }
 }
 
+// this is required because `pool.connect_options().to_url_lossy()` panics with sqlite
+#[cfg(feature = "mysql")]
+impl From<sqlx::Pool<sqlx::MySql>> for PoolBuilder<sqlx::MySql> {
+    /// Create a new builder from an existing SQLx pool.
+    fn from(pool: sqlx::Pool<sqlx::MySql>) -> Self {
+        use sqlx::ConnectOptions;
+
+        let url = pool.connect_options().to_url_lossy();
+        let attributes = Attributes {
+            name: None,
+            host: url.host_str().map(String::from),
+            port: url.port(),
+            database: url
+                .path_segments()
+                .and_then(|mut segments| segments.next().map(String::from)),
+        };
+        Self { pool, attributes }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<DB: sqlx::Database> PoolBuilder<DB> {
     /// Set a custom name for the pool (for peer.service attribute).
     pub fn with_name(mut self, name: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
diff --git a/src/mysql.rs b/src/mysql.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..924a0d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mysql.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+impl crate::prelude::Database for sqlx::MySql {
+    const SYSTEM: &'static str = "mysql";
+}