diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7c16234..d78affb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ matrix:
   include:
     - php: 5.3
       dist: precise
+      install: composer remove react/mysql --dev --no-interaction # do not install react/mysql example on legacy PHP
   allow_failures:
     - php: hhvm
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2004a55..9bc064d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ existing higher-level protocol implementation.
     * [Plain TCP connections](#plain-tcp-connections)
     * [Secure TLS connections](#secure-tls-connections)
     * [HTTP requests](#http-requests)
+    * [Database tunnel](#database-tunnel)
     * [Connection timeout](#connection-timeout)
     * [DNS resolution](#dns-resolution)
     * [Password authentication](#password-authentication)
@@ -323,6 +324,51 @@ When using the `SshSocksConnector` (recommended), this works for both plain HTTP
 and TLS-encrypted HTTPS requests. When using the `SshProcessConnector`, this only
 works for plaintext HTTP requests.
 
+### Database tunnel
+
+We should now have a basic understanding of how we can tunnel any TCP/IP-based
+protocol over an SSH proxy server. Besides using this to access "external"
+services, this is also particularly useful because it allows you to access
+network services otherwise only local to this SSH server from the outside, such
+as a firewalled database server.
+
+For example, this allows us to combine an
+[async MySQL database client](https://github.com/friends-of-reactphp/mysql) and
+the above SSH proxy server setup, so we can access a firewalled MySQL database
+server through an SSH tunnel. Here's the gist:
+
+```php
+$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
+$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('user@example.com', $loop);
+
+$uri = 'test:test@localhost/test';
+$factory = new React\MySQL\Factory($loop, $proxy);
+$connection = $factory->createLazyConnection($uri);
+
+$connection->query('SELECT * FROM book')->then(
+    function (QueryResult $command) {
+        echo count($command->resultRows) . ' row(s) in set' . PHP_EOL;
+    },
+    function (Exception $error) {
+        echo 'Error: ' . $error->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
+    }
+);
+
+$connection->quit();
+
+$loop->run();
+```
+
+See also [example #21](examples) for more details.
+
+This example will automatically launch the `ssh` client binary to create the
+connection to a database server that can not otherwise be accessed from the
+outside. From the perspective of the database server, this looks just like a
+regular, local connection. From this code's perspective, this will create a
+regular, local connection which just happens to use a secure SSH tunnel to
+transport this to a remote server, so you can send any query like you would to a
+local database server.
+
 ### Connection timeout
 
 By default, neither the `SshProcessConnector` nor the `SshSocksConnector` implement
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 61633dd..56aea14 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "clue/block-react": "^1.3",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^7.4 || ^6.4 || ^5.0 || ^4.8.36"
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^7.4 || ^6.4 || ^5.0 || ^4.8.36",
+        "react/mysql": "^0.5.3"
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/21-mysql-ssh-tunnel.php b/examples/21-mysql-ssh-tunnel.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4007554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/21-mysql-ssh-tunnel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+// A more advanced example to show how a MySQL server can be accessed through an SSH tunnel.
+// The SSH proxy can be given through the SSH_PROXY env and defaults to localhost otherwise.
+// The MySQL server can be given through the MYSQL_LOGIN env and default to localhost otherwise.
+//
+// You can assign the SSH_PROXY and MYSQL_LOGIN environment and prefix this with
+// a space to make sure your login credentials are not stored in your bash
+// history like this:
+//
+// $  export SSH_PROXY=user:secret@example.com
+// $  export MYSQL_LOGIN=user:password@localhost
+// $ php examples/21-mysql-ssh-tunnel.php
+//
+// See also https://github.com/friends-of-reactphp/mysql
+
+use Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector;
+use React\MySQL\Factory;
+use React\MySQL\QueryResult;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
+
+$url = getenv('SSH_PROXY') !== false ? getenv('SSH_PROXY') : 'ssh://localhost:22';
+$proxy = new SshProcessConnector($url, $loop);
+
+$url = getenv('MYSQL_LOGIN') !== false ? getenv('MYSQL_LOGIN') : 'user:pass@localhost';
+$factory = new Factory($loop, $proxy);
+$client = $factory->createLazyConnection($url);
+
+$client->query('SELECT * FROM (SELECT "foo" UNION SELECT "bar") data')->then(function (QueryResult $query) {
+    var_dump($query->resultRows);
+}, 'printf');
+$client->quit();
+
+$loop->run();