diff --git a/.github/workflows/mysql5712.yml b/.github/workflows/mysql5712.yml
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+name: MySQL 5.7.12 (Aurora version)
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.19
+
+      - name: Deploy MySQL
+        run: scripts/dbdeployer_install_5712.sh
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: MYSQL_DSN="msandbox:msandbox@tcp(127.0.0.1:5712)/test" go test -v ./...
diff --git a/scripts/dbdeployer_install_5712.sh b/scripts/dbdeployer_install_5712.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -xe
+
+sudo apt install -y libncurses5
+
+go install github.com/datacharmer/dbdeployer@latest
+
+dbdeployer init
+
+wget https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/p/23/file/mysql-5.7.12-linux-glibc2.5-x86_64.tar.gz
+dbdeployer unpack mysql-5.7.12-linux-glibc2.5-x86_64.tar.gz
+dbdeployer deploy single 5.7.12
+
+# For spirit to work, binary logging must be enabled.
+# It is not by default in MySQL 5.7
+
+echo "log-bin" >> ~/sandboxes/msb_5_7_12/my.sandbox.cnf
+echo "server-id=123" >> ~/sandboxes/msb_5_7_12/my.sandbox.cnf
+
+~/sandboxes/msb_5_7_12/restart