diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-backdrop-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-backdrop-tests.yml
index ca0ed52..24ed37c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-backdrop-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-backdrop-tests.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           - examples/backdrop-init
           - examples/backdrop-mariadb
           - examples/backdrop-mysql8
+          - examples/backdrop-mysql-client
           - examples/backdrop-nginx
         lando-version:
           - 3-edge
diff --git a/examples/backdrop-mysql-client/.lando.yml b/examples/backdrop-mysql-client/.lando.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea5428d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/backdrop-mysql-client/.lando.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: backdrop-mysql-client
+recipe: backdrop
+config:
+  php: '8.4'
+  database: mysql:8.0
+
+# do not remove this
+plugins:
+  "@lando/backdrop": ../..
diff --git a/examples/backdrop-mysql-client/README.md b/examples/backdrop-mysql-client/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e00d0fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/backdrop-mysql-client/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Backdrop MySQL Client Compatibility Example
+
+This example tests that the backdrop recipe with MySQL correctly auto-detects
+and installs the native MySQL client, avoiding SSL/TLS errors and MariaDB dump
+format issues when using `bee db-export`.
+
+See: https://github.com/lando/lando/issues/3833
+
+## Start up tests
+
+Run the following commands to get up and running with this example.
+
+```bash
+# Should start up successfully
+lando poweroff
+lando start
+```
+
+## Verification commands
+
+Run the following commands to validate things are rolling as they should.
+
+```bash
+# Should auto-detect MySQL and install the MySQL client (not MariaDB)
+lando exec appserver -- mysql --version | grep -qiv "MariaDB"
+```
+
+```bash
+# Should be able to connect to MySQL without SSL errors
+lando mysql backdrop -e "SELECT 1"
+```
+
+```bash
+# Should be able to export with bee without SSL errors
+lando bee db-export --file=/tmp/bee-export.sql
+```
+
+```bash
+# Exported SQL should use MySQL dump format (not MariaDB)
+lando exec appserver -- cat /tmp/bee-export.sql | grep -qi "MariaDB dump" || echo $? | grep 1
+```
+
+```bash
+# Should be able to export with db-export without SSL errors
+lando db-export --stdout > /tmp/lando-export.sql
+cat /tmp/lando-export.sql | grep -i "Dump" | grep -qi "MariaDB" || echo $? | grep 1
+```
+
+## Destroy tests
+
+Run the following commands to trash this app like nothing ever happened.
+
+```bash
+# Should be destroyed with success
+lando destroy -y
+lando poweroff
+```