diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
index c0703ee0ee..bab2534fa7 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ class Tests_Basic extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		preg_match_all( '#<tr class="stable">\s*<td>\s*<a [^>]*>\s*([0-9.]*)#s', $php, $phpmatches );
 
 		$this->assertContains( $matches[1], $phpmatches[1], "readme.html's Recommended PHP version is too old. Remember to update the WordPress.org Requirements page, too." );
+
+		preg_match( '#Recommendations.*MySQL</a> version <strong>([0-9.]*)#s', $readme, $matches );
+
+		$response = wp_remote_get( "https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/{$matches[1]}/en/" );
+		if ( 200 != wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response ) ) {
+			$this->markTestSkipped( 'Could not contact dev.MySQL.com to check versions.' );
+		}
+		$mysql = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
+
+		preg_match( '#(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}), General Availability#', $mysql, $mysqlmatches );
+
+		// Per https://www.mysql.com/support/, Oracle actively supports MySQL releases for 5 years from GA release
+		$mysql_eol = strtotime( $mysqlmatches[1] . ' +5 years' );
+
+		$this->assertLessThan( $mysql_eol, time(), "readme.html's Recommended MySQL version is too old. Remember to update the WordPress.org Requirements page, too." );
 	}
 
 	function test_license() {