diff --git a/brew-formulas.txt b/brew-formulas.txt
index 0aed9645d0..b5b555e2a0 100644
--- a/brew-formulas.txt
+++ b/brew-formulas.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ python
 yuicompressor 
 node
 graphviz
+mysql
diff --git a/create-dev-env.sh b/create-dev-env.sh
index 5691315039..656a40524e 100755
--- a/create-dev-env.sh
+++ b/create-dev-env.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ NUMPY_VER="1.6.2"
 SCIPY_VER="0.10.1"
 BREW_FILE="$BASE/mitx/brew-formulas.txt"
 LOG="/var/tmp/install-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log"
-APT_PKGS="pkg-config curl git python-virtualenv build-essential python-dev gfortran liblapack-dev libfreetype6-dev libpng12-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev yui-compressor coffeescript graphviz graphviz-dev"
+APT_PKGS="pkg-config curl git python-virtualenv build-essential python-dev gfortran liblapack-dev libfreetype6-dev libpng12-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev yui-compressor coffeescript graphviz graphviz-dev mysql"
 
 if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]]; then
     error "This script should not be run using sudo or as the root user"