diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 6a074de..7fbec06 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -184,11 +184,14 @@ function upload_results( $results, $rev, $message, $env, $api_key ) {
  * Get the environmental details
  */
 function get_env_details() {
+	$WPT_DB_HOST = getenv( 'WPT_DB_HOST' ) ? : 'localhost';
+	$WPT_DB_USER = getenv( 'WPT_DB_USER' );
+	$WPT_DB_PASSWORD = getenv( 'WPT_DB_PASSWORD' );
+	$WPT_DB_NAME = getenv( 'WPT_DB_NAME' );
 	$env = array(
 		'php_version'    => phpversion(),
 		'php_modules'    => array(),
 		'system_utils'   => array(),
-		'mysql_version'  => trim( shell_exec( 'mysql --version' ) ),
 		'os_name'        => trim( shell_exec( 'uname -s' ) ),
 		'os_version'     => trim( shell_exec( 'uname -r' ) ),
 	);
@@ -235,6 +238,10 @@ function get_env_details() {
 	$curl_bits = explode( PHP_EOL, str_replace( 'curl ', '', shell_exec( 'curl --version' ) ) );
 	$curl = array_shift( $curl_bits );
 	$env['system_utils']['curl'] = trim( $curl );
+	$mysqli = new mysqli($WPT_DB_HOST, $WPT_DB_USER, $WPT_DB_PASSWORD, $WPT_DB_NAME);
+	$env['mysql_version'] = $mysqli->query("SELECT VERSION()")->fetch_row()[0];
+	$mysqli->close();
+
 	if ( class_exists( 'Imagick' ) ) {
 		$imagick = new Imagick();
 		$version = $imagick->getVersion();
diff --git a/prepare.php b/prepare.php
index 53b6f03..f6dbab6 100644
--- a/prepare.php
+++ b/prepare.php
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@
 	'php_version'    => phpversion(),
 	'php_modules'    => array(),
 	'system_utils'   => array(),
-	'mysql_version'  => trim( shell_exec( 'mysql --version' ) ),
 	'os_name'        => trim( shell_exec( 'uname -s' ) ),
 	'os_version'     => trim( shell_exec( 'uname -r' ) ),
 );
@@ -219,6 +218,10 @@
 	\$env['system_utils']['graphicsmagick'] = \$version[1];
 }
 \$env['system_utils']['openssl'] = str_replace( 'OpenSSL ', '', trim( shell_exec( 'openssl version' ) ) );
+
+\$mysqli = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);
+\$env['mysql_version'] = \$mysqli->query("SELECT VERSION()")->fetch_row()[0];
+\$mysqli->close();
 file_put_contents( __DIR__ . '/tests/phpunit/build/logs/env.json', json_encode( \$env, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT ) );
 if ( 'cli' === php_sapi_name() && defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' ) && WP_INSTALLING ) {
 	echo PHP_EOL;