diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-backdrop-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-backdrop-tests.yml
index 24ed37c..a5d5c13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-backdrop-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-backdrop-tests.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           - examples/backdrop-mariadb
           - examples/backdrop-mysql8
           - examples/backdrop-mysql-client
+          - examples/backdrop-mysql57
           - examples/backdrop-nginx
         lando-version:
           - 3-edge
diff --git a/examples/backdrop-mysql57/.lando.yml b/examples/backdrop-mysql57/.lando.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..088fed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/backdrop-mysql57/.lando.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: backdrop-mysql57
+recipe: backdrop
+config:
+  php: '8.4'
+  database: mysql
+  webroot: web
+
+# do not remove this
+plugins:
+  "@lando/backdrop": ../..
diff --git a/examples/backdrop-mysql57/README.md b/examples/backdrop-mysql57/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fc7fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/backdrop-mysql57/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Backdrop MySQL Default Version SSL Test
+
+This example tests that the backdrop recipe with `database: mysql` (no version
+specified, using whatever the default is) correctly handles database client
+connectivity. This matches the real-world scenario where users just set
+`database: mysql` without pinning a version.
+
+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 download and extract Backdrop
+lando poweroff
+rm -rf web && mkdir -p web
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/releases/download/1.33.1/backdrop.zip -o /tmp/backdrop.zip
+unzip -q /tmp/backdrop.zip -d web
+mv web/backdrop/* web/backdrop/.* web/ 2>/dev/null || true
+rmdir web/backdrop 2>/dev/null || true
+```
+
+```bash
+# Should start up successfully
+lando start
+```
+
+```bash
+# Should install Backdrop with bee
+cd web && chmod +x core/scripts/*
+lando bee site-install --db-name=backdrop --db-user=backdrop --db-pass=backdrop --db-host=database --username=admin --password=admin --email=test@lando.dev --site-name="MySQL Default Test" --auto
+```
+
+## 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 5.7 without SSL errors
+lando mysql backdrop -e "SELECT 1"
+```
+
+```bash
+# Should be able to run mysql from appserver without SSL errors
+lando exec appserver -- mysql -h database -u backdrop -pbackdrop backdrop -e "SELECT 1"
+```
+
+```bash
+# Should be able to export with bee without SSL errors
+cd web
+lando bee db-export /tmp/bee-export.sql
+lando exec appserver -- bash -c "zcat /tmp/bee-export.sql.gz | head -5" | grep -i "dump"
+```
+
+```bash
+# Should be able to export with db-export without SSL errors
+lando db-export --stdout > /tmp/lando-export.sql
+head -5 /tmp/lando-export.sql | grep -i "dump"
+```
+
+## 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
+```