diff --git a/docs/app/docs/devbox_examples/databases/mysql.md b/docs/app/docs/devbox_examples/databases/mysql.md
index 4d73d5594ac..a4fd9ccab41 100644
--- a/docs/app/docs/devbox_examples/databases/mysql.md
+++ b/docs/app/docs/devbox_examples/databases/mysql.md
@@ -46,11 +46,16 @@ MYSQL_BASEDIR=.devbox/nix/profile/default
 MYSQL_HOME=./.devbox/virtenv/mysql/run
 MYSQL_DATADIR=./.devbox/virtenv/mysql/data
 MYSQL_UNIX_PORT=./.devbox/virtenv/mysql/run/mysql.sock
-MYSQL_PID_FILE=./.devbox/mysql/run/mysql.pid
+MYSQL_PID_FILE=./.devbox/virtenv/mysql/run/mysql.pid
+MYSQL_CONF=./devbox.d/mysql/my.cnf
 ```
 
 ### Files
 
+The following helper file will be created in your project directory:
+
+* \{PROJECT_DIR\}/devbox.d/mysql/my.cnf
+
 The plugin will also create the following helper files in your project's `.devbox/virtenv` folder:
 
 * mysql/flake.nix
diff --git a/plugins/builtins.go b/plugins/builtins.go
index 15a7204d05e..ac4c8180eb6 100644
--- a/plugins/builtins.go
+++ b/plugins/builtins.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ var builtInMap = map[*regexp.Regexp]string{
 	regexp.MustCompile(`^(apache|apacheHttpd)$`):                       "apacheHttpd",
 	regexp.MustCompile(`^(gradle|gradle_[0-9])$`):                      "gradle",
 	regexp.MustCompile(`^(ghc|haskell\.compiler\.(.*))$`):              "haskell",
-	regexp.MustCompile(`^mariadb(-embedded)?_?[0-9]*$`):                "mariadb",
-	regexp.MustCompile(`^mysql?[0-9]*$`):                               "mysql",
+	regexp.MustCompile(`(^mariadb(-embedded)?_?[0-9]*$|^mysql$)`):      "mariadb",
+	regexp.MustCompile(`^mysql(80|57|50)$`):                            "mysql",
 	regexp.MustCompile(`^nodejs(-slim)?_?[0-9]*$`):                     "nodejs",
 	regexp.MustCompile(`^php[0-9]*$`):                                  "php",
 	regexp.MustCompile(`^python3[0-9]*Packages.pip$`):                  "pip",
diff --git a/plugins/builtins_test.go b/plugins/builtins_test.go
index e3d900f0fa6..3c7597ecfe0 100644
--- a/plugins/builtins_test.go
+++ b/plugins/builtins_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func TestBuiltInMap(t *testing.T) {
 		"mariadb":                                "mariadb",
 		"mariadb_1011":                           "mariadb",
 		"mariadb-embedded":                       "mariadb",
-		"mysql":                                  "mysql",
+		"mysql":                                  "mariadb",
 		"mysql80":                                "mysql",
 		"python3Packages.pip":                    "pip",
 		"python":                                 "python",
diff --git a/plugins/mariadb.json b/plugins/mariadb.json
index 7c1becee5c1..9bb5d776fd3 100644
--- a/plugins/mariadb.json
+++ b/plugins/mariadb.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     "{{ .Virtenv }}/run": "",
     "{{ .Virtenv }}/flake/flake.nix": "mariadb/flake.nix",
     "{{ .Virtenv }}/setup_db.sh": "mariadb/setup_db.sh",
-    "{{ .Virtenv }}/process-compose.yaml": "mariadb/process-compose.yaml"
+    "{{ .Virtenv }}/process-compose.yaml": "mariadb/process-compose.yaml",
+    "{{ .DevboxDir }}/my.cnf": "mariadb/my.cnf"
   },
   "packages": {
     "path:{{ .Virtenv }}/flake": {},
diff --git a/plugins/mariadb/my.cnf b/plugins/mariadb/my.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f6f43f0880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/mariadb/my.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# MySQL configuration file
+
+[mariadb]
+log_error=mysql.log
diff --git a/plugins/mariadb/setup_db.sh b/plugins/mariadb/setup_db.sh
index fb5a271b908..3116d2744cb 100644
--- a/plugins/mariadb/setup_db.sh
+++ b/plugins/mariadb/setup_db.sh
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ if [ ! -d "$MYSQL_DATADIR" ]; then
         --datadir=$MYSQL_DATADIR --basedir=$MYSQL_BASEDIR \
         --pid-file=$MYSQL_PID_FILE
 fi
+
+if [ -e "$MYSQL_CONF" ]; then
+  ln -fs "$MYSQL_CONF" "$MYSQL_HOME/my.cnf"
+fi
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diff --git a/plugins/mysql.json b/plugins/mysql.json
index ea0a0b5926d..d982fc5bb8f 100644
--- a/plugins/mysql.json
+++ b/plugins/mysql.json
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 {
-    "name": "mysql",
-    "version": "0.0.3",
-    "description": "* This plugin wraps mysqld and mysql_install_db to work in your local project\n* This plugin will create a new database for your project in MYSQL_DATADIR if one doesn't exist on shell init. This DB will be started in `insecure` mode, so be sure to add a root password after creation if needed.\n* Use mysqld to manually start the server, and `mysqladmin -u root shutdown` to manually stop it",
-    "env": {
-      "MYSQL_BASEDIR": "{{ .DevboxProfileDefault }}",
-      "MYSQL_HOME": "{{ .Virtenv }}/run",
-      "MYSQL_DATADIR": "{{ .Virtenv }}/data",
-      "MYSQL_UNIX_PORT": "{{ .Virtenv }}/run/mysql.sock",
-      "MYSQL_PID_FILE": "{{ .Virtenv }}/run/mysql.pid"
-    },
-    "create_files": {
-      "{{ .Virtenv }}/run": "",
-      "{{ .Virtenv }}/flake/flake.nix": "mysql/flake.nix",
-      "{{ .Virtenv }}/setup_db.sh": "mysql/setup_db.sh",
-      "{{ .Virtenv }}/process-compose.yaml": "mysql/process-compose.yaml"
-    },
-    "packages": {
-      "path:{{ .Virtenv }}/flake": {},
-      "glibcLocales": {
-        "version": "latest",
-        "platforms": ["x86_64-linux", "aarch64-linux"]
-      }
-    },
-    "__remove_trigger_package": true,
-    "shell": {
-      "init_hook": [
-        "bash {{ .Virtenv }}/setup_db.sh"
-      ]
+  "name": "mysql",
+  "version": "0.0.4",
+  "description": "* This plugin wraps mysqld and mysql_install_db to work in your local project\n* This plugin will create a new database for your project in MYSQL_DATADIR if one doesn't exist on shell init. This DB will be started in `insecure` mode, so be sure to add a root password after creation if needed.\n* Use mysqld to manually start the server, and `mysqladmin -u root shutdown` to manually stop it",
+  "env": {
+    "MYSQL_BASEDIR": "{{ .DevboxProfileDefault }}",
+    "MYSQL_HOME": "{{ .Virtenv }}/run",
+    "MYSQL_DATADIR": "{{ .Virtenv }}/data",
+    "MYSQL_UNIX_PORT": "{{ .Virtenv }}/run/mysql.sock",
+    "MYSQL_PID_FILE": "{{ .Virtenv }}/run/mysql.pid",
+    "MYSQL_CONF": "{{ .DevboxDir }}/my.cnf"
+  },
+  "create_files": {
+    "{{ .Virtenv }}/run": "",
+    "{{ .Virtenv }}/flake/flake.nix": "mysql/flake.nix",
+    "{{ .Virtenv }}/setup_db.sh": "mysql/setup_db.sh",
+    "{{ .Virtenv }}/process-compose.yaml": "mysql/process-compose.yaml",
+    "{{ .DevboxDir }}/my.cnf": "mysql/my.cnf"
+  },
+  "packages": {
+    "path:{{ .Virtenv }}/flake": {},
+    "glibcLocales": {
+      "version": "latest",
+      "platforms": ["x86_64-linux", "aarch64-linux"]
     }
+  },
+  "__remove_trigger_package": true,
+  "shell": {
+    "init_hook": ["bash {{ .Virtenv }}/setup_db.sh"]
   }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/mysql/my.cnf b/plugins/mysql/my.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..734764813cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/mysql/my.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# MySQL configuration file
+
+# [mysqld]
+# skip-log-bin
diff --git a/plugins/mysql/setup_db.sh b/plugins/mysql/setup_db.sh
index fc1187b3bd3..5f883d56759 100644
--- a/plugins/mysql/setup_db.sh
+++ b/plugins/mysql/setup_db.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #! bash
 
 if [ ! -d "$MYSQL_DATADIR" ]; then
-# Install the Database
-   mkdir $MYSQL_DATADIR
-   mysqld --initialize-insecure
+  # Install the Database
+  mkdir $MYSQL_DATADIR
+  mysqld --initialize-insecure
 fi
+
+if [ -e "$MYSQL_CONF" ]; then
+  ln -fs "$MYSQL_CONF" "$MYSQL_HOME/my.cnf"
+fi
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