diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index e07a4c9b..5a8f6dab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -45,9 +45,18 @@ jobs:
         env:
           MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
         options: "--name=mysqld"
+        volumes:
+          - /run/mysqld:/run/mysqld
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Workaround MySQL container permissions
+        if: startsWith(matrix.db, 'mysql')
+        run: |
+          sudo chown 999:999 /run/mysqld
+          /usr/bin/docker ps --all --filter status=exited --no-trunc --format "{{.ID}}" | xargs -r /usr/bin/docker start
+
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.py }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
diff --git a/ci/docker.json b/ci/docker.json
index 34a5c7b7..63d19a68 100644
--- a/ci/docker.json
+++ b/ci/docker.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [
     {"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 3306, "user": "root",  "password": "", "database": "test1",  "use_unicode": true, "local_infile": true},
-    {"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 3306, "user": "test2", "password": "some password", "database": "test2" }
+    {"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 3306, "user": "test2", "password": "some password", "database": "test2" },
+    {"host": "localhost", "port": 3306, "user": "test2", "password": "some password", "database": "test2", "unix_socket": "/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"}
 ]