diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 45ddf27c85e9..234609adbc09 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ in
   #ec2-config = (handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./ec2.nix {}).boot-ec2-config or {};
   ec2-nixops = (handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./ec2.nix {}).boot-ec2-nixops or {};
   ecryptfs = handleTest ./ecryptfs.nix {};
-  ejabberd = handleTest ./ejabberd.nix {};
+  ejabberd = handleTest ./xmpp/ejabberd.nix {};
   elk = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./elk.nix {};
   env = handleTest ./env.nix {};
   etcd = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./etcd.nix {};
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ in
   prometheus = handleTest ./prometheus.nix {};
   prometheus2 = handleTest ./prometheus-2.nix {};
   prometheus-exporters = handleTest ./prometheus-exporters.nix {};
-  prosody = handleTest ./prosody.nix {};
+  prosody = handleTest ./xmpp/prosody.nix {};
+  prosodyMysql = handleTest ./xmpp/prosody-mysql.nix {};
   proxy = handleTest ./proxy.nix {};
   quagga = handleTest ./quagga.nix {};
   quake3 = handleTest ./quake3.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/prosody.nix b/nixos/tests/prosody.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a39bae7898dc..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/prosody.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import ./make-test.nix {
-  name = "prosody";
-
-  machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
-    services.prosody = {
-      enable = true;
-      # TODO: use a self-signed certificate
-      c2sRequireEncryption = false;
-      extraConfig = ''
-        storage = "sql"
-      '';
-      virtualHosts.test = {
-        domain = "example.com";
-        enabled = true;
-      };
-    };
-    environment.systemPackages = [
-      (pkgs.callPackage ./xmpp-sendmessage.nix {})
-    ];
-  };
-
-  testScript = ''
-    $machine->waitForUnit('prosody.service');
-    $machine->succeed('prosodyctl status') =~ /Prosody is running/;
-
-    # set password to 'nothunter2' (it's asked twice)
-    $machine->succeed('yes nothunter2 | prosodyctl adduser cthon98@example.com');
-    # set password to 'y'
-    $machine->succeed('yes | prosodyctl adduser azurediamond@example.com');
-    # correct password to 'hunter2'
-    $machine->succeed('yes hunter2 | prosodyctl passwd azurediamond@example.com');
-
-    $machine->succeed("send-message");
-
-    $machine->succeed('prosodyctl deluser cthon98@example.com');
-    $machine->succeed('prosodyctl deluser azurediamond@example.com');
-  '';
-}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/ejabberd.nix b/nixos/tests/xmpp/ejabberd.nix
similarity index 99%
rename from nixos/tests/ejabberd.nix
rename to nixos/tests/xmpp/ejabberd.nix
index 0691dfe780d2..7eb566b54685 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/ejabberd.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/xmpp/ejabberd.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+import ../make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
   name = "ejabberd";
   meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
     maintainers = [ ajs124 ];
diff --git a/nixos/tests/xmpp/prosody-mysql.nix b/nixos/tests/xmpp/prosody-mysql.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62b4a17421e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/xmpp/prosody-mysql.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import ../make-test.nix {
+  name = "prosody-mysql";
+
+  nodes = {
+    client = { nodes, pkgs, ... }: {
+      environment.systemPackages = [
+        (pkgs.callPackage ./xmpp-sendmessage.nix { connectTo = nodes.server.config.networking.primaryIPAddress; })
+      ];
+    };
+    server = { config, pkgs, ... }: {
+      nixpkgs.overlays = [
+        (self: super: {
+          prosody = super.prosody.override {
+            withDBI = true;
+            withExtraLibs = [ pkgs.luaPackages.luadbi-mysql ];
+          };
+        })
+      ];
+      networking.extraHosts = ''
+        ${config.networking.primaryIPAddress} example.com
+      '';
+      networking.firewall.enable = false;
+      services.prosody = {
+        enable = true;
+        # TODO: use a self-signed certificate
+        c2sRequireEncryption = false;
+        extraConfig = ''
+          storage = "sql"
+          sql = {
+            driver = "MySQL";
+            database = "prosody";
+            host = "mysql";
+            port = 3306;
+            username = "prosody";
+            password = "password123";
+          };
+        '';
+        virtualHosts.test = {
+          domain = "example.com";
+          enabled = true;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+    mysql = { config, pkgs, ... }: {
+      networking.firewall.enable = false;
+      services.mysql = {
+        enable = true;
+        initialScript = pkgs.writeText "mysql_init.sql" ''
+          CREATE DATABASE prosody;
+          CREATE USER 'prosody'@'server' IDENTIFIED BY 'password123';
+          GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON prosody.* TO 'prosody'@'server';
+          FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+        '';
+        package = pkgs.mariadb;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = { nodes, ... }: ''
+    $mysql->waitForUnit('mysql.service');
+    $server->waitForUnit('prosody.service');
+    $server->succeed('prosodyctl status') =~ /Prosody is running/;
+
+    # set password to 'nothunter2' (it's asked twice)
+    $server->succeed('yes nothunter2 | prosodyctl adduser cthon98@example.com');
+    # set password to 'y'
+    $server->succeed('yes | prosodyctl adduser azurediamond@example.com');
+    # correct password to 'hunter2'
+    $server->succeed('yes hunter2 | prosodyctl passwd azurediamond@example.com');
+
+    $client->succeed("send-message");
+
+    $server->succeed('prosodyctl deluser cthon98@example.com');
+    $server->succeed('prosodyctl deluser azurediamond@example.com');
+  '';
+}
+
diff --git a/nixos/tests/xmpp/prosody.nix b/nixos/tests/xmpp/prosody.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8331c7b6d331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/xmpp/prosody.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import ../make-test.nix {
+  name = "prosody";
+
+  nodes = {
+    client = { nodes, pkgs, ... }: {
+      environment.systemPackages = [
+        (pkgs.callPackage ./xmpp-sendmessage.nix { connectTo = nodes.server.config.networking.primaryIPAddress; })
+      ];
+    };
+    server = { config, pkgs, ... }: {
+      networking.extraHosts = ''
+        ${config.networking.primaryIPAddress} example.com
+      '';
+      networking.firewall.enable = false;
+      services.prosody = {
+        enable = true;
+        # TODO: use a self-signed certificate
+        c2sRequireEncryption = false;
+        extraConfig = ''
+          storage = "sql"
+        '';
+        virtualHosts.test = {
+          domain = "example.com";
+          enabled = true;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = { nodes, ... }: ''
+    $server->waitForUnit('prosody.service');
+    $server->succeed('prosodyctl status') =~ /Prosody is running/;
+
+    # set password to 'nothunter2' (it's asked twice)
+    $server->succeed('yes nothunter2 | prosodyctl adduser cthon98@example.com');
+    # set password to 'y'
+    $server->succeed('yes | prosodyctl adduser azurediamond@example.com');
+    # correct password to 'hunter2'
+    $server->succeed('yes hunter2 | prosodyctl passwd azurediamond@example.com');
+
+    $client->succeed("send-message");
+
+    $server->succeed('prosodyctl deluser cthon98@example.com');
+    $server->succeed('prosodyctl deluser azurediamond@example.com');
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/xmpp-sendmessage.nix b/nixos/tests/xmpp/xmpp-sendmessage.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from nixos/tests/xmpp-sendmessage.nix
rename to nixos/tests/xmpp/xmpp-sendmessage.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e89c5c65b620..d64dc048debd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14508,6 +14508,7 @@ in
   prosody = callPackage ../servers/xmpp/prosody {
     # _compat can probably be removed on next minor version after 0.10.0
     lua5 = lua5_2_compat;
+    withExtraLibs = [ luaPackages.luadbi-sqlite3 ];
     inherit (lua52Packages) luasocket luasec luaexpat luafilesystem luabitop luaevent luadbi;
   };