diff --git a/Formula/mysql-connector-c++.rb b/Formula/mysql-connector-c++.rb
index 9dc2080e4a..1fab040cf5 100644
--- a/Formula/mysql-connector-c++.rb
+++ b/Formula/mysql-connector-c++.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-class MysqlClientRequirement < Requirement
-  fatal true
-  default_formula "mysql"
-  satisfy { which "mysql" }
-end
-
 class MysqlConnectorCxx < Formula
   desc "MySQL database connector for C++ applications"
   homepage "https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/cpp/"
@@ -22,10 +16,26 @@ class MysqlConnectorCxx < Formula
   depends_on "cmake" => :build
   depends_on "boost" => :build
   depends_on "openssl"
-  depends_on MysqlClientRequirement
+  depends_on :mysql
 
   def install
     system "cmake", ".", *std_cmake_args
     system "make", "install"
   end
+
+  test do
+    (testpath/"test.cpp").write <<-EOS.undent
+      #include <cppconn/driver.h>
+      int main(void) {
+        try {
+          sql::Driver *driver = get_driver_instance();
+        } catch (sql::SQLException &e) {
+          return 1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+      }
+    EOS
+    system ENV.cxx, "test.cpp", `mysql_config --include`.chomp, "-L#{lib}", "-lmysqlcppconn", "-o", "test"
+    system "./test"
+  end
 end