diff --git a/quarkus/deployment/pom.xml b/quarkus/deployment/pom.xml
index a1fb0321b20..c2a2a30ab37 100644
--- a/quarkus/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/quarkus/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-mariadb-deployment</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-mysql-deployment</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-web-deployment</artifactId>
diff --git a/quarkus/pom.xml b/quarkus/pom.xml
index e4f7a170719..7b6377811df 100755
--- a/quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         <jackson.version>2.11.2</jackson.version>
         <jackson.databind.version>${jackson.version}</jackson.databind.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.21.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.21</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <picocli.version>4.5.1</picocli.version>
         <snakeyaml.version>1.20</snakeyaml.version>
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</surefire-plugin.version>
@@ -91,6 +92,11 @@
                 <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
                 <version>${snakeyaml.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>mysql</groupId>
+                <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+                <version>${mysql-connector-java.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
     
diff --git a/quarkus/runtime/pom.xml b/quarkus/runtime/pom.xml
index 8fa9ffe0a9c..e07f9fed9f8 100644
--- a/quarkus/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/quarkus/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-mariadb</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-mysql</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/configuration/PropertyMappers.java b/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/configuration/PropertyMappers.java
index bebe853d5b0..399cb721dca 100644
--- a/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/configuration/PropertyMappers.java
+++ b/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/configuration/PropertyMappers.java
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ public final class PropertyMappers {
                     return "io.quarkus.hibernate.orm.runtime.dialect.QuarkusH2Dialect";
                 case "mariadb":
                     return "org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect";
+                case "mysql":
+                    return "org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL8Dialect";
                 case "postgres-95":
                     return "io.quarkus.hibernate.orm.runtime.dialect.QuarkusPostgreSQL95Dialect";
                 case "postgres": // shorthand for the recommended postgres version
@@ -139,6 +141,8 @@ public final class PropertyMappers {
                     return "org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource";
                 case "mariadb":
                     return "org.mariadb.jdbc.MySQLDataSource";
+                case "mysql":
+                    return "com.mysql.cj.jdbc.MysqlXADataSource";
                 case "postgres-95":
                 case "postgres-10":
                     return "org.postgresql.xa.PGXADataSource";
@@ -152,12 +156,14 @@ public final class PropertyMappers {
                     return "h2";
                 case "mariadb":
                     return "mariadb";
+                case "mysql":
+                    return "mysql";
                 case "postgres-95":
                 case "postgres-10":
                     return "postgresql";
             }
-            throw invalidDatabaseVendor(db, "h2-file", "h2-mem", "mariadb", "postgres", "postgres-95", "postgres-10");
-        }, "The database vendor. Possible values are: h2-mem, h2-file, mariadb, postgres95, postgres10.");
+            throw invalidDatabaseVendor(db, "h2-file", "h2-mem", "mariadb", "mysql", "postgres", "postgres-95", "postgres-10");
+        }, "The database vendor. Possible values are: h2-mem, h2-file, mariadb, mysql, postgres95, postgres10.");
         create("db", "quarkus.datasource.jdbc.transactions", (db, context) -> "xa", null);
         create("db.url", "db", "quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url", (db, context) -> {
             switch (db.toLowerCase()) {
@@ -170,6 +176,8 @@ public final class PropertyMappers {
                 case "postgres-95":
                 case "postgres-10":
                     return "jdbc:postgresql://${kc.db.url.host:localhost}/${kc.db.url.database:keycloak}${kc.db.url.properties:}";
+                case "mysql":
+                    return "jdbc:mysql://${kc.db.url.host:localhost}/${kc.db.url.database:keycloak}${kc.db.url.properties:}";
             }
             return null;
         }, "The database JDBC URL. If not provided a default URL is set based on the selected database vendor. For instance, if using 'postgres-10', the JDBC URL would be 'jdbc:postgresql://localhost/keycloak'. The host, database and properties can be overridden by setting the following system properties, respectively: -Dkc.db.url.host, -Dkc.db.url.database, -Dkc.db.url.properties.");