diff --git a/manifests/db.pp b/manifests/db.pp
index 4dfa59f..c19c02c 100644
--- a/manifests/db.pp
+++ b/manifests/db.pp
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class murano::db (
   $database_max_overflow   = $::os_service_default,
 ) {
 
+  include ::murano::params
+
 # NOTE(aderyugin): In order to keep backward compatibility we rely on the pick function
 # to use murano::<myparam> if murano::db::<myparam> isn't specified.
   $database_connection_real     = pick($::murano::database_connection, $database_connection)
@@ -53,13 +55,17 @@ class murano::db (
   $database_retry_interval_real = pick($::murano::database_retry_interval, $database_retry_interval)
   $database_max_overflow_real   = pick($::murano::database_max_overflow, $database_max_overflow)
 
-  validate_re($database_connection_real, '(mysql|postgresql):\/\/(\S+:\S+@\S+\/\S+)?')
+  validate_re($database_connection_real, '^(mysql(\+pymysql)?|postgresql):\/\/(\S+:\S+@\S+\/\S+)?')
 
   case $database_connection_real {
-    /^mysql:\/\//: {
-      $backend_package = false
+    /^mysql(\+pymysql)?:\/\//: {
       require mysql::bindings
       require mysql::bindings::python
+      if $database_connection_real =~ /^mysql\+pymysql/ {
+        $backend_package = $::murano::params::pymysql_package_name
+      } else {
+        $backend_package = false
+      }
     }
     /^postgresql:\/\//: {
       $backend_package = false
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 0095a42..454983d 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class murano::params {
       $engine_service_name       = 'murano-engine'
       # dashboard config file
       $local_settings_path       = '/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings'
+      $pymysql_package_name      = undef
     }
     'Debian': {
       # package names
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ class murano::params {
       $engine_service_name       = 'murano-engine'
       # dashboard config file
       $local_settings_path       = '/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings.py'
+      $pymysql_package_name      = 'python-pymysql'
     }
     default: {
       fail("Unsupported osfamily: ${::osfamily} operatingsystem: ${::operatingsystem}")
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/basic_murano_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/basic_murano_spec.rb
index 517b73b..cad3ec5 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/basic_murano_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/basic_murano_spec.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe 'basic murano' do
             rabbit_own_user         => 'murano',
             rabbit_own_password     => 'an_even_bigger_secret',
             rabbit_own_vhost        => '/murano',
-            database_connection     => 'mysql://murano:a_big_secret@127.0.0.1/murano?charset=utf8',
+            database_connection     => 'mysql+pymysql://murano:a_big_secret@127.0.0.1/murano?charset=utf8',
           }
           class { '::murano::api': }
           class { '::murano::engine': }
diff --git a/spec/classes/murano_db_spec.rb b/spec/classes/murano_db_spec.rb
index 0580881..81f339a 100644
--- a/spec/classes/murano_db_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/murano_db_spec.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe 'murano::db' do
 
     context 'with specific parameters' do
       let :params do
-        { :database_connection     => 'mysql://murano:murano@localhost/murano',
+        { :database_connection     => 'mysql+pymysql://murano:murano@localhost/murano',
           :database_idle_timeout   => '3601',
           :database_min_pool_size  => '2',
           :database_max_retries    => '11',
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe 'murano::db' do
         }
       end
 
-      it { is_expected.to contain_murano_config('database/connection').with_value('mysql://murano:murano@localhost/murano') }
+      it { is_expected.to contain_murano_config('database/connection').with_value('mysql+pymysql://murano:murano@localhost/murano') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_murano_config('database/idle_timeout').with_value('3601') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_murano_config('database/min_pool_size').with_value('2') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_murano_config('database/max_retries').with_value('11') }
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ describe 'murano::db' do
 
     end
 
+    context 'with MySQL-python library as backend package' do
+      let :params do
+        { :database_connection     => 'mysql://murano:murano@localhost/murano', }
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-mysqldb').with(:ensure => 'present') }
+    end
+
     context 'with incorrect database_connection string' do
       let :params do
         { :database_connection     => 'sqlite://murano:murano@localhost/murano', }
@@ -52,6 +60,14 @@ describe 'murano::db' do
 
       it_raises 'a Puppet::Error', /validate_re/
     end
+
+    context 'with incorrect pymysql database_connection string' do
+      let :params do
+        { :database_connection     => 'foo+pymysql://murano:murano@localhost/murano', }
+      end
+
+      it_raises 'a Puppet::Error', /validate_re/
+    end
   end
 
   context 'on Debian platforms' do
@@ -63,6 +79,20 @@ describe 'murano::db' do
     end
 
     it_configures 'murano::db'
+
+    context 'using pymysql driver' do
+      let :params do
+        { :database_connection     => 'mysql+pymysql://murano:murano@localhost/murano', }
+      end
+
+      it 'install the proper backend package' do
+        is_expected.to contain_package('murano-backend-package').with(
+          :ensure => 'present',
+          :name   => 'python-pymysql',
+          :tag    => 'openstack'
+        )
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context 'on Redhat platforms' do
@@ -73,6 +103,14 @@ describe 'murano::db' do
     end
 
     it_configures 'murano::db'
+
+    context 'using pymysql driver' do
+      let :params do
+        { :database_connection     => 'mysql+pymysql://murano:murano@localhost/murano', }
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to contain_package('murano-backend-package') }
+    end
   end
 
 end