diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a4a5320d..92d8ee9f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ gem "rubyjedi-actionwebservice", :require => "actionwebservice"
 gem "rubycas-client", "~>2.2.1"
 gem "ruby-openid", :require => "openid"
 gem "sqlite3"
+gem "mysql"
 gem 'bcrypt-ruby', '~> 2.1.4'
 gem 'htmlentities', '~> 4.3.0'
 gem "mail"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bf2fd94f..27b98074 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ GEM
       daemons (>= 1.0.3)
       fastthread (>= 1.0.1)
       gem_plugin (>= 0.2.3)
+    mysql (2.8.1)
     nokogiri (1.4.7)
     polyglot (0.3.2)
     rack (1.1.0)
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mail
   memory_test_fix (~> 0.1.3)
   mongrel
+  mysql
   rack (= 1.1.0)
   rails (~> 2.3.12)
   rake (~> 0.8.7)