diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index a2e14e3b59..d35d2fde3b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Web.Mvc.FixedDisplayModes">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FixedDisplayModes.1.0.0\lib\net40\Microsoft.Web.Mvc.FixedDisplayModes.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="MySql.Data, Version=5.1.2.2, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\MySQL.Data.5.1.2.2\lib\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Our.Umbraco.uGoLive, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\uGoLive.1.3.0\lib\Our.Umbraco.uGoLive.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
index 292779e3a0..ee42677b44 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages" version="2.0.20710.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Helpers" version="1.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" version="1.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="MySQL.Data" version="5.1.2.2" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="SqlServerCE" version="4.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="uGoLive" version="1.3.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter" version="2.0.60829.1" targetFramework="net40" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
index 3cdc676ea0..03381463ae 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
       <remove invariant="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0"/>
       <add name="Microsoft SQL Server Compact Data Provider 4.0" invariant="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0" description=".NET Framework Data Provider for Microsoft SQL Server Compact" type="System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeProviderFactory, System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91" />
     </DbProviderFactories>
+    <DbProviderFactories>
+      <add name="MySQL Data Provider" invariant="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for MySQL" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlClientFactory, MySql.Data, Version=5.1.2.2, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d" />
+    </DbProviderFactories>
   </system.data>
 
   <system.net>