diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 05641a49..2c3fd33d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ end
 group :production do
   gem 'thin', '~> 1.2.7'
   
+  gem 'mysql2'
+  
   gem 'memcache-client', '~> 1.8.5', :require => ['memcache', 'memcache/event_machine']
 end
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 08a3aea2..57257ae7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ GEM
     memcache-client (1.8.5)
     mime-types (1.16)
     msgpack (0.4.4)
+    mysql2 (0.2.6)
     openneo-auth-signatory (0.1.0)
       ruby-hmac
     polyglot (0.3.1)
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jammit (~> 0.5.3)
   memcache-client (~> 1.8.5)
   msgpack (~> 0.4.3)
+  mysql2
   mysqlplus!
   openneo-auth-signatory (~> 0.1.0)
   rack-fiber_pool
diff --git a/vendor/cache/mysql2-0.2.6.gem b/vendor/cache/mysql2-0.2.6.gem
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index 00000000..ca1c3752
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