diff --git a/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MySQLContainer.java b/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MySQLContainer.java
index 36315b2fe48..3dbe03e7aed 100644
--- a/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MySQLContainer.java
+++ b/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MySQLContainer.java
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ public class MySQLContainer<SELF extends MySQLContainer<SELF>> extends JdbcDatab
 
     private static final DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("mysql");
 
+    private static final DockerImageName ORACLE_IMAGE_NAME =
+        DockerImageName.parse("container-registry.oracle.com/mysql/community-server");
+
     @Deprecated
     public static final String DEFAULT_TAG = "5.7.34";
 
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ public MySQLContainer(String dockerImageName) {
 
     public MySQLContainer(final DockerImageName dockerImageName) {
         super(dockerImageName);
-        dockerImageName.assertCompatibleWith(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME);
+        dockerImageName.assertCompatibleWith(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME, ORACLE_IMAGE_NAME);
 
         addExposedPort(MYSQL_PORT);
     }
diff --git a/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/mysql/MySQLContainer.java b/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/mysql/MySQLContainer.java
index 25f876c9911..e279f23acfa 100644
--- a/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/mysql/MySQLContainer.java
+++ b/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/mysql/MySQLContainer.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ public class MySQLContainer extends JdbcDatabaseContainer<MySQLContainer> {
     public static final String NAME = "mysql";
 
     private static final DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("mysql");
+    private static final DockerImageName ORACLE_IMAGE_NAME =
+        DockerImageName.parse("container-registry.oracle.com/mysql/community-server");
 
     static final String DEFAULT_USER = "test";
 
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ public MySQLContainer(String dockerImageName) {
 
     public MySQLContainer(final DockerImageName dockerImageName) {
         super(dockerImageName);
-        dockerImageName.assertCompatibleWith(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME);
+        dockerImageName.assertCompatibleWith(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME, ORACLE_IMAGE_NAME);
 
         addExposedPort(MYSQL_PORT);
     }
diff --git a/modules/mysql/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/mysql/MySQLContainerTest.java b/modules/mysql/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/mysql/MySQLContainerTest.java
index ad78781db5c..479c43508eb 100644
--- a/modules/mysql/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/mysql/MySQLContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/mysql/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/mysql/MySQLContainerTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import org.testcontainers.containers.ContainerLaunchException;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.output.Slf4jLogConsumer;
 import org.testcontainers.db.AbstractContainerDatabaseTest;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assumptions.assumeThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
+
 
 class MySQLContainerTest extends AbstractContainerDatabaseTest {
 
@@ -270,6 +273,15 @@ void testCustom() throws SQLException {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void shouldAcceptOracleImageName() {
+        DockerImageName oracleImage = DockerImageName
+            .parse("container-registry.oracle.com/mysql/community-server:8.0");
+
+        assertThatNoException()
+            .isThrownBy(() -> new MySQLContainer(oracleImage));
+    }
+
     private void assertHasCorrectExposedAndLivenessCheckPorts(MySQLContainer mysql) {
         assertThat(mysql.getExposedPorts()).containsExactly(MySQLContainer.MYSQL_PORT);
         assertThat(mysql.getLivenessCheckPortNumbers()).containsExactly(mysql.getMappedPort(MySQLContainer.MYSQL_PORT));