diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a2052eca9c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, bison, ncurses, openssl, readline, zlib, perl
+, boost, cctools, CoreServices }:
+
+# Note: zlib is not required; MySQL can use an internal zlib.
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mysql-${version}";
+  version = "5.7.15";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://mysql/MySQL-5.7/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0mlrxcvkn6bf869hjw9fb6m24ak26ndffnd91b4mknmz8cqkb1ch";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    ln -s /bin/ps $TMPDIR/ps
+    export PATH=$PATH:$TMPDIR
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake bison ncurses openssl readline zlib boost ]
+     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ perl cctools CoreServices ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DWITH_SSL=yes"
+    "-DWITH_READLINE=yes"
+    "-DWITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER=yes"
+    "-DWITH_ZLIB=yes"
+    "-DHAVE_IPV6=yes"
+    "-DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
+    "-DMYSQL_DATADIR=/var/lib/mysql"
+    "-DINSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=etc/mysql"
+    "-DINSTALL_INFODIR=share/mysql/docs"
+    "-DINSTALL_MANDIR=share/man"
+    "-DINSTALL_PLUGINDIR=lib/mysql/plugin"
+    "-DINSTALL_SCRIPTDIR=bin"
+    "-DINSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include/mysql"
+    "-DINSTALL_DOCREADMEDIR=share/mysql"
+    "-DINSTALL_SUPPORTFILESDIR=share/mysql"
+    "-DINSTALL_MYSQLSHAREDIR=share/mysql"
+    "-DINSTALL_DOCDIR=share/mysql/docs"
+    "-DINSTALL_SHAREDIR=share/mysql"
+  ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux "-lgcc_s";
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    sed -i -e "s|/usr/bin/libtool|libtool|" cmake/libutils.cmake
+  '';
+  postInstall = ''
+    sed -i -e "s|basedir=\"\"|basedir=\"$out\"|" $out/bin/mysql_install_db
+    rm -r $out/mysql-test "$out"/lib/*.a
+    rm $out/share/man/man1/mysql-test-run.pl.1
+  '';
+
+  passthru.mysqlVersion = "5.7";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.mysql.com/;
+    description = "The world's most popular open source database";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d4d9a4cbb30d..646ea108b594 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10577,6 +10577,12 @@ in
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
   };
 
+  mysql57 = callPackage ../servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix {
+    inherit (darwin) cctools;
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
+    boost = boost159;
+  };
+
   mysql = mariadb;
   libmysql = mysql.client; # `libmysql` is a slight misnomer ATM