diff --git a/lib/shimmer.js b/lib/shimmer.js
index 68fa72fd0d..bd99f132bc 100644
--- a/lib/shimmer.js
+++ b/lib/shimmer.js
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ function _postLoad(agent, nodule, name) {
   // to allow for instrumenting both 'pg' and 'pg.js'.
   if (name === 'pg.js') {
     instrumentation = 'pg'
+  } if (name === 'mysql2') {
+    // mysql2 (https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2) is a drop in replacement for mysql
+    // which conforms to the existing mysql API. If we see mysql2, treat it as mysql
+    instrumentation = 'mysql'
   } else {
     instrumentation = base
   }