diff --git a/rm-server/build.xml b/rm-server/build.xml
index 280cd7fef3..f82adf452e 100644
--- a/rm-server/build.xml
+++ b/rm-server/build.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <property file="build.local.properties" />
    <property file="build.properties" />
 
-   <target name="copyDBDriver">
+   <target name="copyPostgresDBDriver">
       <exec executable="${mvn.exec}" failonerror="true">
          <arg value="dependency:get" />
          <arg value="-DgroupId=postgresql" />
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@
       </exec>
    </target>
 
+   <target name="copyMySqlDBDriver">
+      <exec executable="${mvn.exec}" failonerror="true">
+         <arg value="dependency:get" />
+         <arg value="-DgroupId=mysql" />
+         <arg value="-DartifactId=mysql-connector-java" />
+         <arg value="-Dversion=5.1.31" />
+         <arg value="-Dpackaging=jar" />
+         <arg value="-Ddest=${app.tomcat.folder}/lib" />
+      </exec>
+   </target>
+
    <target name="copyDevContextFile">
       <property name="devContextFile" value="../root/projects/repository/config/alfresco/extension/dev-context.xml" />
       <copy file="${devContextFile}" todir="${app.tomcat.folder}/shared/classes/alfresco/extension" failonerror="true" />
@@ -109,7 +120,7 @@
       </copy>
    </target>
 
-   <target name="prepareEnv" depends="copyDBDriver, copyDevContextFile, configureSolr4" />
+   <target name="prepareEnv" depends="copyPostgresDBDriver, copyMySqlDBDriver, copyDevContextFile, configureSolr4" />
 
    <target name="unitTest">
       <exec executable="${mvn.exec}" failonerror="true">
diff --git a/rm-server/pom.xml b/rm-server/pom.xml
index 1f1aa5be7d..14649663c8 100644
--- a/rm-server/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-server/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    <properties>
       <alfresco.client.contextPath>/alfresco</alfresco.client.contextPath>
       <alfresco.postgres.version>9.1-901.jdbc4</alfresco.postgres.version>
-      <alfresco.mysql.version>5.1.14</alfresco.mysql.version>
+      <alfresco.mysql.version>5.1.31</alfresco.mysql.version>
       <webapp.id.name>alfresco</webapp.id.name>
       <webapp.id>${webapp.id.name}</webapp.id>
    </properties>
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@
                         <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
                         <version>${alfresco.postgres.version}</version>
                      </dependency>
+                     <dependency>
+                        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+                        <version>${alfresco.mysql.version}</version>
+                     </dependency>
                   </dependencies>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>