diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go
index 367124a46b8..e38f37b96af 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ func (e MysqlExecutor) getTypedRowData(types []*sql.ColumnType, rows *core.Rows)
 			values[i] = new(float32)
 		case mysql.FieldTypeNameNewDecimal:
 			values[i] = new(float64)
+		case mysql.FieldTypeNameFloat:
+			values[i] = new(float64)
 		case mysql.FieldTypeNameTimestamp:
 			values[i] = new(time.Time)
 		case mysql.FieldTypeNameDateTime:
@@ -215,6 +217,20 @@ func (e MysqlExecutor) getTypedRowData(types []*sql.ColumnType, rows *core.Rows)
 			values[i] = new(int16)
 		case mysql.FieldTypeNameNULL:
 			values[i] = nil
+		case mysql.FieldTypeNameBit:
+			values[i] = new([]byte)
+		case mysql.FieldTypeNameBLOB:
+			values[i] = new(string)
+		case mysql.FieldTypeNameTinyBLOB:
+			values[i] = new(string)
+		case mysql.FieldTypeNameMediumBLOB:
+			values[i] = new(string)
+		case mysql.FieldTypeNameLongBLOB:
+			values[i] = new(string)
+		case mysql.FieldTypeNameString:
+			values[i] = new(string)
+		case mysql.FieldTypeNameDate:
+			values[i] = new(string)
 		default:
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Database type %s not supported", stype.DatabaseTypeName())
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..988833a7a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package mysql
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-xorm/xorm"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/components/simplejson"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore/sqlutil"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb"
+	. "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
+)
+
+// To run this test, remove the Skip from SkipConvey
+// and set up a MySQL db named grafana_tests and a user/password grafana/password
+func TestMySQL(t *testing.T) {
+	SkipConvey("MySQL", t, func() {
+		x := InitMySQLTestDB(t)
+
+		executor := &MysqlExecutor{
+			engine: x,
+			log:    log.New("tsdb.mysql"),
+		}
+
+		sess := x.NewSession()
+		defer sess.Close()
+		db := sess.DB()
+
+		sql := "CREATE TABLE `mysql_types` ("
+		sql += "`atinyint` tinyint(1),"
+		sql += "`avarchar` varchar(3),"
+		sql += "`achar` char(3),"
+		sql += "`amediumint` mediumint,"
+		sql += "`asmallint` smallint,"
+		sql += "`abigint` bigint,"
+		sql += "`aint` int(11),"
+		sql += "`adouble` double(10,2),"
+		sql += "`anewdecimal` decimal(10,2),"
+		sql += "`afloat` float(10,2),"
+		sql += "`atimestamp` timestamp NOT NULL,"
+		sql += "`adatetime` datetime,"
+		sql += "`atime` time,"
+		// sql += "`ayear` year," // Crashes xorm when running cleandb
+		sql += "`abit` bit(1),"
+		sql += "`atinytext` tinytext,"
+		sql += "`atinyblob` tinyblob,"
+		sql += "`atext` text,"
+		sql += "`ablob` blob,"
+		sql += "`amediumtext` mediumtext,"
+		sql += "`amediumblob` mediumblob,"
+		sql += "`alongtext` longtext,"
+		sql += "`alongblob` longblob,"
+		sql += "`aenum` enum('val1', 'val2'),"
+		sql += "`aset` set('a', 'b', 'c', 'd'),"
+		sql += "`adate` date"
+		sql += ") ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;"
+		_, err := sess.Exec(sql)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		sql = "INSERT INTO `mysql_types` "
+		sql += "(`atinyint`, `avarchar`, `achar`, `amediumint`, `asmallint`, `abigint`, `aint`, `adouble`, "
+		sql += "`anewdecimal`, `afloat`, `adatetime`, `atimestamp`, `atime`, `abit`, `atinytext`, "
+		sql += "`atinyblob`, `atext`, `ablob`, `amediumtext`, `amediumblob`, `alongtext`, `alongblob`, "
+		sql += "`aenum`, `aset`, `adate`) "
+		sql += "VALUES(1, 'abc', 'def', 1, 10, 100, 1420070400, 1.11, "
+		sql += "2.22, 3.33, now(), current_timestamp(), '11:11:11', 1, 'tinytext', "
+		sql += "'tinyblob', 'text', 'blob', 'mediumtext', 'mediumblob', 'longtext', 'longblob', "
+		sql += "'val2', 'a,b', curdate());"
+		_, err = sess.Exec(sql)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		Convey("TransformToTable should map MySQL column types to Go types", func() {
+			rows, err := db.Query("SELECT * FROM mysql_types")
+			defer rows.Close()
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+			queryResult := &tsdb.QueryResult{Meta: simplejson.New()}
+			err = executor.TransformToTable(nil, rows, queryResult)
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+			column := queryResult.Tables[0].Rows[0]
+			So(*column[0].(*int8), ShouldEqual, 1)
+			So(*column[1].(*string), ShouldEqual, "abc")
+			So(*column[2].(*string), ShouldEqual, "def")
+			So(*column[3].(*int32), ShouldEqual, 1)
+			So(*column[4].(*int16), ShouldEqual, 10)
+			So(*column[5].(*int64), ShouldEqual, 100)
+			So(*column[6].(*int), ShouldEqual, 1420070400)
+			So(*column[7].(*float64), ShouldEqual, 1.11)
+			So(*column[8].(*float64), ShouldEqual, 2.22)
+			So(*column[9].(*float64), ShouldEqual, 3.33)
+			_, offset := time.Now().Zone()
+			So((*column[10].(*time.Time)), ShouldHappenWithin, time.Duration(10*time.Second), time.Now().Add(time.Duration(offset)*time.Second))
+			So(*column[11].(*time.Time), ShouldHappenWithin, time.Duration(10*time.Second), time.Now().Add(time.Duration(offset)*time.Second))
+			So(*column[12].(*string), ShouldEqual, "11:11:11")
+			So(*column[13].(*[]byte), ShouldHaveSameTypeAs, []byte{1})
+			So(*column[14].(*string), ShouldEqual, "tinytext")
+			So(*column[15].(*string), ShouldEqual, "tinyblob")
+			So(*column[16].(*string), ShouldEqual, "text")
+			So(*column[17].(*string), ShouldEqual, "blob")
+			So(*column[18].(*string), ShouldEqual, "mediumtext")
+			So(*column[19].(*string), ShouldEqual, "mediumblob")
+			So(*column[20].(*string), ShouldEqual, "longtext")
+			So(*column[21].(*string), ShouldEqual, "longblob")
+			So(*column[22].(*string), ShouldEqual, "val2")
+			So(*column[23].(*string), ShouldEqual, "a,b")
+			So(*column[24].(*string), ShouldEqual, time.Now().Format("2006-01-02T00:00:00Z"))
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+func InitMySQLTestDB(t *testing.T) *xorm.Engine {
+	x, err := xorm.NewEngine(sqlutil.TestDB_Mysql.DriverName, sqlutil.TestDB_Mysql.ConnStr+"&parseTime=true")
+
+	// x.ShowSQL()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to init mysql db %v", err)
+	}
+
+	sqlutil.CleanDB(x)
+
+	return x
+}