diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8fbd313a..8b63f629 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ nova_compute_kvm_apt_packages:
 
 # Common pip packages
 nova_pip_packages:
-  - MySQL-python
+  - PyMySQL
   - python-memcached
   - pycrypto
   - python-keystoneclient
diff --git a/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/templates/nova.conf.j2
index f47043be..ef3b26b9 100644
--- a/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ check_revocations_for_cached = False
 
 {% if inventory_hostname not in groups['nova_compute'] %}
 [database]
-connection = mysql://{{ nova_galera_user }}:{{ nova_container_mysql_password }}@{{ nova_galera_address }}/{{ nova_galera_database }}?charset=utf8
+connection = mysql+pymysql://{{ nova_galera_user }}:{{ nova_container_mysql_password }}@{{ nova_galera_address }}/{{ nova_galera_database }}?charset=utf8
 max_overflow = {{ nova_db_max_overflow }}
 max_pool_size = {{ nova_db_max_pool_size }}
 pool_timeout = {{ nova_db_pool_timeout }}