diff --git a/caravel/db_engine_specs.py b/caravel/db_engine_specs.py
index c2175eb6e14cf..9c73934ebd1ad 100644
--- a/caravel/db_engine_specs.py
+++ b/caravel/db_engine_specs.py
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ class MySQLEngineSpec(BaseEngineSpec):
               "INTERVAL DAYOFWEEK({col}) - 1 DAY))"),
         Grain("month", _('month'), "DATE(DATE_SUB({col}, "
               "INTERVAL DAYOFMONTH({col}) - 1 DAY))"),
+        Grain("quarter", _('quarter'), "MAKEDATE(YEAR({col}), 1) "
+              "+ INTERVAL QUARTER({col}) QUARTER - INTERVAL 1 QUARTER"),
+        Grain("year", _('year'), "DATE(DATE_SUB({col}, "
+              "INTERVAL DAYOFYEAR({col}) - 1 DAY))"),
     )
 
     @classmethod