diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09ed77b..034efca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -180,7 +180,17 @@ $dumpCommand = MySql::create()
     ->getDumpCommand('dump.sql', 'credentials.txt');
 ```
 
-Please note that using the `->addExtraOption('--databases dbname')` will override the database name set on a previous `->setDbName()` call.
+With MySql, you also have the option to use the `--all-databases` extra option. This is useful when you want to run a full backup of all the databases in the specified MySQL connection.
+
+```php
+$dumpCommand = MySql::create()
+    ->setUserName('username')
+    ->setPassword('password')
+    ->addExtraOption('--all-databases')
+    ->getDumpCommand('dump.sql', 'credentials.txt');
+```
+
+Please note that using the `->addExtraOption('--databases dbname')` or `->addExtraOption('--all-databases')` will override the database name set on a previous `->setDbName()` call.
 
 ### Using compression
 If you want to compress the outputted file, you can use one of the compressors and the resulted dump file will be compressed.
diff --git a/src/Databases/MySql.php b/src/Databases/MySql.php
index cfde996..6395e9d 100644
--- a/src/Databases/MySql.php
+++ b/src/Databases/MySql.php
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ class MySql extends DbDumper
     /** @var bool */
     protected $dbNameWasSetAsExtraOption = false;
 
+    /** @var bool */
+    protected $allDatabasesWasSetAsExtraOption = false;
+
     /** @var string */
     protected $setGtidPurged = 'AUTO';
 
@@ -147,6 +150,11 @@ public function dumpToFile(string $dumpFile)
 
     public function addExtraOption(string $extraOption)
     {
+        if (strpos($extraOption, '--all-databases') !== false) {
+            $this->dbNameWasSetAsExtraOption = true;
+            $this->allDatabasesWasSetAsExtraOption = true;
+        }
+
         if (preg_match('/^--databases (\S+)/', $extraOption, $matches) === 1) {
             $this->setDbName($matches[1]);
             $this->dbNameWasSetAsExtraOption = true;
@@ -243,11 +251,15 @@ public function getContentsOfCredentialsFile(): string
 
     protected function guardAgainstIncompleteCredentials()
     {
-        foreach (['userName', 'dbName', 'host'] as $requiredProperty) {
+        foreach (['userName', 'host'] as $requiredProperty) {
             if (strlen($this->$requiredProperty) === 0) {
                 throw CannotStartDump::emptyParameter($requiredProperty);
             }
         }
+
+        if (strlen('dbName') === 0 && ! $this->allDatabasesWasSetAsExtraOption) {
+            throw CannotStartDump::emptyParameter($requiredProperty);
+        }
     }
 
     protected function determineQuote(): string
diff --git a/tests/MySqlTest.php b/tests/MySqlTest.php
index 10d6923..32644a2 100644
--- a/tests/MySqlTest.php
+++ b/tests/MySqlTest.php
@@ -316,6 +316,18 @@ public function it_can_get_the_name_of_the_db_when_dbname_was_overriden_as_an_ex
         $this->assertEquals($overridenDbName, $dbDumper->getDbName());
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_get_the_name_of_the_db_when_all_databases_was_set_as_an_extra_option()
+    {
+        $dumpCommand = MySql::create()
+            ->setUserName('username')
+            ->setPassword('password')
+            ->addExtraOption('--all-databases')
+            ->getDumpCommand('dump.sql', 'credentials.txt');
+
+        $this->assertSame('\'mysqldump\' --defaults-extra-file="credentials.txt" --skip-comments --extended-insert --all-databases > "dump.sql"', $dumpCommand);
+    }
+
     /** @test */
     public function it_can_generate_a_dump_command_excluding_tables_as_array_when_dbname_was_set_as_an_extra_option()
     {