diff --git a/.github/workflows/moodle-plugin-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/moodle-plugin-ci.yml
index 920a65b..2ec0148 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/moodle-plugin-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/moodle-plugin-ci.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ jobs:
           - 3306:3306
         options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 3
 
+      mysqldb:
+        image: mysql:8.0
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: "true"
+          MYSQL_CHARACTER_SET_SERVER: "utf8mb4"
+          MYSQL_COLLATION_SERVER: "utf8mb4_unicode_ci"
+        ports:
+          - 13306:3306
+        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 3
+
+
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -34,24 +45,32 @@ jobs:
           # Moodle 4.1 (LTS), PHP 7.4 to 8.1, PostgreSQL and MariaDB
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_401_STABLE', php: '7.4', database: 'pgsql'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_401_STABLE', php: '7.4', database: 'mariadb'}
+          - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_401_STABLE', php: '7.4', database: 'mysqldb'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_401_STABLE', php: '8.0', database: 'pgsql'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_401_STABLE', php: '8.0', database: 'mariadb'}
+          - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_401_STABLE', php: '8.0', database: 'mysqldb'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_401_STABLE', php: '8.1', database: 'pgsql'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_401_STABLE', php: '8.1', database: 'mariadb'}
+          - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_401_STABLE', php: '8.1', database: 'mysqldb'}
 
           # Moodle 4.2, PHP 8.0 to 8.1, PostgreSQL and MariaDB
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_402_STABLE', php: '8.0', database: 'pgsql'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_402_STABLE', php: '8.0', database: 'mariadb'}
+          - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_402_STABLE', php: '8.0', database: 'mysqldb'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_402_STABLE', php: '8.1', database: 'pgsql'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_402_STABLE', php: '8.1', database: 'mariadb'}
+          - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_402_STABLE', php: '8.1', database: 'mysqldb'}
 
           # Moodle 4.3, PHP 8.0 to 8.2, PostgreSQL and MariaDB
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_403_STABLE', php: '8.0', database: 'pgsql'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_403_STABLE', php: '8.0', database: 'mariadb'}
+          - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_403_STABLE', php: '8.0', database: 'mysqldb'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_403_STABLE', php: '8.1', database: 'pgsql'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_403_STABLE', php: '8.1', database: 'mariadb'}
+          - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_403_STABLE', php: '8.1', database: 'mysqldb'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_403_STABLE', php: '8.2', database: 'pgsql'}
           - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_403_STABLE', php: '8.2', database: 'mariadb'}
+          - {moodle-branch: 'MOODLE_403_STABLE', php: '8.2', database: 'mysqldb'}
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
@@ -134,4 +153,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Mark cancelled jobs as failed.
         if: ${{ cancelled() }}
-        run: exit 1
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: exit 1