diff --git a/customize b/customize
index ef42dcf..92f6f33 100755
--- a/customize
+++ b/customize
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ for CONF_RM in ${HTTP_CONF_RM}; do
 	rm -f /opt/local/etc/httpd/${CONF_RM}
 done
 
+# Create ugly mysql-client symlink and install py27-mysqldb
+echo "* Create ugly mysql-client symlink and install py27-mysqldb"
+ln -sv /opt/local/lib/libperconaserverclient.so.18 /opt/local/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18
+pkg_add -f http://pkgsrc.smartos.skylime.net/packages/SmartOS/2014Q2/x86_64/All/py27-mysqldb-1.2.5.tgz
+
 # Remove unused mysql stuff from base
 echo "* Remove unused mysql stuff from base"
 rm -r /var/mysql/*
diff --git a/packages b/packages
index 714e381..d1b093b 100644
--- a/packages
+++ b/packages
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ phpmyadmin
 py27-gunicorn
 py27-pip
 py27-passlib
-py27-pymysql
 py27-OpenSSL
 py27-SSLCrypto
 py27-expat
-py27-mysqldb