diff --git a/dbms/programs/server/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/programs/server/CMakeLists.txt
index 5cb0801806538a3477d3ed52dd6a622f9d33d54a..5b00f5574c8f0f3007e8cbe727c4f301f133b46a 100644
--- a/dbms/programs/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/programs/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ set(CLICKHOUSE_SERVER_SOURCES
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/RootRequestHandler.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Server.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/TCPHandler.cpp
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/MySQLHandler.cpp
    )
 
 set(CLICKHOUSE_SERVER_LINK PRIVATE clickhouse_dictionaries clickhouse_common_io PUBLIC daemon PRIVATE clickhouse_storages_system clickhouse_functions clickhouse_aggregate_functions clickhouse_table_functions ${Poco_Net_LIBRARY})
diff --git a/dbms/programs/server/MySQLHandler.cpp b/dbms/programs/server/MySQLHandler.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad250c8ce7e7f7634eba3e4d9cf8d4049daa300b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/programs/server/MySQLHandler.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+#include <DataStreams/copyData.h>
+#include <IO/ReadBufferFromPocoSocket.h>
+#include <IO/ReadBufferFromString.h>
+#include <IO/WriteBufferFromPocoSocket.h>
+#include <IO/WriteBufferFromString.h>
+#include <IO/copyData.h>
+#include <Interpreters/executeQuery.h>
+#include <Storages/IStorage.h>
+#include <Core/MySQLProtocol.h>
+#include <Core/NamesAndTypes.h>
+#include <Columns/ColumnVector.h>
+#include <Common/config_version.h>
+#include <Common/NetException.h>
+#include "MySQLHandler.h"
+#include <limits>
+
+
+namespace DB
+{
+using namespace MySQLProtocol;
+
+uint32_t MySQLHandler::last_connection_id = 0;
+
+String MySQLHandler::readPayload()
+{
+    WriteBufferFromOwnString buf;
+
+    size_t payload_length = 0;
+    uint8_t packet_sequence_id;
+
+    // packets which are larger than or equal to 16MB are splitted
+    do {
+        LOG_TRACE(log, "Reading from buffer");
+
+        in->readStrict(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&payload_length), 3);
+
+        if (payload_length > MAX_PACKET_LENGTH) {
+            throw ProtocolError(Poco::format("Received packet with payload length greater than 2^24 - 1: %z.", payload_length), 0);
+        }
+
+        in->readStrict(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&packet_sequence_id), 1);
+
+        if (packet_sequence_id != sequence_id) {
+            throw ProtocolError(Poco::format("Received packet with wrong sequence-id: %d. Expected: %d.", packet_sequence_id, sequence_id), 0);
+        }
+        sequence_id++;
+
+        LOG_TRACE(log, "Received packet. Sequence-id: " << static_cast<int>(packet_sequence_id) << ", payload length: " << payload_length);
+
+        copyData(*in, static_cast<WriteBuffer &>(buf), payload_length);
+    }
+    while (payload_length == MAX_PACKET_LENGTH);
+
+    return buf.str();
+}
+
+/// Converts packet to text. Useful for debugging, since packets often consist of non-printing characters.
+static String packetToText(std::string_view payload) {
+    String result;
+    for (auto c : payload) {
+        result += ' ';
+        result += std::to_string(static_cast<unsigned char>(c));
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+void MySQLHandler::writePayload(std::string_view payload)
+{
+    size_t pos = 0;
+    do
+    {
+        size_t payload_length = std::min(payload.length() - pos, MAX_PACKET_LENGTH);
+
+        LOG_TRACE(log, "Writing packet of size " << payload_length << " with sequence-id " << static_cast<int>(sequence_id));
+        LOG_TRACE(log, packetToText(payload));
+
+        out->write(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&payload_length), 3);
+        out->write(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&sequence_id), 1);
+        out->write(payload.data() + pos, payload_length);
+
+        pos += payload_length;
+        sequence_id++;
+    }
+    while (pos < payload.length());
+    out->next();
+
+    LOG_TRACE(log, "Packet was sent.");
+}
+
+void MySQLHandler::run() {
+    sequence_id = 0;
+    connection_context = server.context();
+
+    in = std::make_shared<ReadBufferFromPocoSocket>(socket());
+    out = std::make_shared<WriteBufferFromPocoSocket>(socket());
+
+    try
+    {
+        Handshake handshake(connection_id, VERSION_FULL);
+        auto payload = handshake.getPayload();
+        writePayload(payload);
+
+        LOG_TRACE(log, "sent handshake");
+
+        HandshakeResponse handshake_response;
+        payload = readPayload();
+        handshake_response.readPayload(payload);
+
+        LOG_DEBUG(log, "capability_flags: " << handshake_response.capability_flags
+            << "max_packet_size: %s"
+            << handshake_response.max_packet_size
+            << "character_set: %s"
+            << handshake_response.character_set
+            << "user: %s"
+            << handshake_response.username
+            << "auth_response length: %s"
+            << handshake_response.auth_response.length()
+            << "auth_response: %s"
+            << handshake_response.auth_response
+            << "database: %s"
+            << handshake_response.database
+            << "auth_plugin_name: %s"
+            << handshake_response.auth_plugin_name);
+
+        capabilities = handshake_response.capability_flags;
+        if (!(capabilities & CLIENT_PROTOCOL_41)) {
+            LOG_ERROR(log, "Clients without CLIENT_PROTOCOL_41 capability are not supported.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            connection_context.setUser(handshake_response.username, "", socket().address(), "");
+            connection_context.setCurrentDatabase(handshake_response.database);
+            connection_context.setCurrentQueryId("");
+        }
+        catch (const Exception & exc) {
+            log->log(exc);
+            writePayload(ERR_Packet(exc.code(), "00000", exc.message()).getPayload());
+            return; // TODO Authentication method change
+        }
+        OK_Packet ok_packet(0, handshake_response.capability_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, "");
+        payload = ok_packet.getPayload();
+        writePayload(payload);
+        LOG_INFO(log, "sent OK_Packet");
+
+        while (true) {
+            sequence_id = 0;
+            payload = readPayload();
+            int command = payload[0];
+            LOG_DEBUG(log, "Received command: " << std::to_string(command) << ". Connection id: " << connection_id << ".");
+            try {
+                switch (command) {
+                    case COM_QUIT:
+                        return;
+                    case COM_INIT_DB:
+                        comInitDB(payload);
+                        break;
+                    case COM_QUERY:
+                        comQuery(payload);
+                        break;
+                    case COM_FIELD_LIST:
+                        comFieldList(payload);
+                        break;
+                    case COM_PING:
+                        comPing();
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        throw Exception(Poco::format("Command %d is not implemented.", command), ErrorCodes::NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (const NetException & exc) {
+                log->log(exc);
+                throw;
+            }
+            catch (const Exception & exc) {
+                log->log(exc);
+                writePayload(ERR_Packet(exc.code(), "00000", exc.message()).getPayload());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch (Poco::Exception& exc)
+    {
+        log->log(exc);
+    }
+
+}
+
+void MySQLHandler::comInitDB(const String & payload)
+{
+    String database = payload.substr(1);
+    LOG_DEBUG(log, "Setting current database to " << database);
+    connection_context.setCurrentDatabase(database);
+    writePayload(OK_Packet(0, capabilities, 0, 0, 0, 1, "").getPayload());
+}
+
+void MySQLHandler::comFieldList(const String & payload) {
+    ComFieldList packet;
+    packet.readPayload(payload);
+    StoragePtr tablePtr = connection_context.getTable(connection_context.getCurrentDatabase(), packet.table);
+    for (const NameAndTypePair & column: tablePtr->getColumns().getAll())
+    {
+        ColumnDefinition column_definition(
+            "schema", packet.table, packet.table, column.name, column.name, CharacterSet::UTF8, 100, ColumnType::MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0
+        );
+        writePayload(column_definition.getPayload());
+    }
+    writePayload(OK_Packet(0xfe, capabilities, 0, 0, 0, 0, "").getPayload());
+}
+
+void MySQLHandler::comPing() {
+    writePayload(OK_Packet(0x0, capabilities, 0, 0, 0, 0, "").getPayload());
+}
+
+void MySQLHandler::comQuery(const String & payload) {
+    BlockIO res = executeQuery(payload.substr(1), connection_context);
+    FormatSettings format_settings;
+    if (res.in) {
+        LOG_TRACE(log, "Executing query with output.");
+
+        Block header = res.in->getHeader();
+        writePayload(writeLenenc(header.columns()));
+
+        for (const ColumnWithTypeAndName & column : header.getColumnsWithTypeAndName())
+        {
+            writePayload(ColumnDefinition(
+                "", /// database. Apparently, addition of these fields to ColumnWithTypeAndName and changes in interpreters are needed.
+                "", /// table name.
+                "", /// physical table name
+                column.name, /// virtual column name
+                "", /// physical column name
+                CharacterSet::UTF8,
+                /// maximum column length which can be used for text outputting. Since query execution hasn't started, it is unknown.
+                std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max(),
+                ColumnType::MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, /// TODO
+                0,
+                0
+            ).getPayload());
+
+            LOG_TRACE(log, "sent " << column.name << " column definition");
+        }
+
+        LOG_TRACE(log, "Sent columns definitions.");
+
+        while (Block block = res.in->read())
+        {
+            size_t rows = block.rows();
+            size_t columns = block.columns();
+
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
+                String row_payload;
+                for (size_t j = 0; j < columns; j++) {
+                    ColumnWithTypeAndName & column = block.getByPosition(j);
+                    column.column = column.column->convertToFullColumnIfConst();
+
+                    String column_value;
+                    WriteBufferFromString ostr(column_value);
+
+                    LOG_TRACE(log, "sending value of type " << column.type->getName() << " of column " << column.column->getName());
+
+                    column.type->serializeAsText(*column.column.get(), i, ostr, format_settings);
+                    ostr.finish();
+
+                    writeLenencStr(row_payload, column_value);
+                }
+                writePayload(row_payload);
+            }
+        }
+
+        LOG_TRACE(log, "Sent rows.");
+    }
+
+    if (capabilities & CLIENT_DEPRECATE_EOF) {
+        writePayload(OK_Packet(0xfe, capabilities, 0, 0, 0, 0, "").getPayload());
+    } else {
+        writePayload(EOF_Packet(0, 0).getPayload());
+    }
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/dbms/programs/server/MySQLHandler.h b/dbms/programs/server/MySQLHandler.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..85b6ed78e819998db123e450e8f07ef31fae3f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/programs/server/MySQLHandler.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <Poco/Net/TCPServerConnection.h>
+#include <Common/getFQDNOrHostName.h>
+#include "IServer.h"
+
+
+namespace DB
+{
+
+/// Handler for MySQL wire protocol connections. Allows to connect to ClickHouse using MySQL client.
+class MySQLHandler : public Poco::Net::TCPServerConnection {
+public:
+    MySQLHandler(IServer &server_, const Poco::Net::StreamSocket &socket_)
+        : Poco::Net::TCPServerConnection(socket_)
+        , server(server_)
+        , log(&Poco::Logger::get("MySQLHandler"))
+        , connection_context(server.context())
+        , connection_id(last_connection_id++)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void run() final;
+
+    /** Reads one packet, incrementing sequence-id, and returns its payload.
+      *  Currently, whole payload is loaded into memory.
+      */
+    String readPayload();
+
+    /// Writes packet payload, incrementing sequence-id.
+    void writePayload(std::string_view payload);
+
+    void comQuery(const String & payload);
+
+    void comFieldList(const String & payload);
+
+    void comPing();
+
+    void comInitDB(const String & payload);
+private:
+    IServer & server;
+    Poco::Logger * log;
+    Context connection_context;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<ReadBuffer> in;
+    std::shared_ptr<WriteBuffer> out;
+
+    /// Packet sequence id
+    unsigned char sequence_id = 0;
+
+    uint32_t connection_id = 0;
+
+    uint32_t capabilities;
+
+    static uint32_t last_connection_id;
+};
+
+}
diff --git a/dbms/programs/server/MySQLHandlerFactory.h b/dbms/programs/server/MySQLHandlerFactory.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5f08191577838aa28cbc0f3104c0597e31f2573f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/programs/server/MySQLHandlerFactory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <Poco/Net/TCPServerConnectionFactory.h>
+#include <common/logger_useful.h>
+#include "IServer.h"
+#include "MySQLHandler.h"
+
+namespace Poco { class Logger; }
+
+namespace DB
+{
+
+    class MySQLHandlerFactory : public Poco::Net::TCPServerConnectionFactory
+    {
+    private:
+        IServer & server;
+        Poco::Logger * log;
+
+    public:
+        explicit MySQLHandlerFactory(IServer & server_)
+            : server(server_)
+            , log(&Logger::get("MySQLHandlerFactory"))
+        {
+        }
+
+        Poco::Net::TCPServerConnection * createConnection(const Poco::Net::StreamSocket & socket) override
+        {
+            LOG_TRACE(log, "MySQL connection. Address: " << socket.peerAddress().toString());
+            return new MySQLHandler(server, socket);
+        }
+    };
+
+}
diff --git a/dbms/programs/server/Server.cpp b/dbms/programs/server/Server.cpp
index 2b10c9e3c98332e32945691a57c876c10718107c..5c7959f30924088eba4a6d3f84341531db0b39f2 100644
--- a/dbms/programs/server/Server.cpp
+++ b/dbms/programs/server/Server.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <Common/StatusFile.h>
 #include "TCPHandlerFactory.h"
 #include "Common/config_version.h"
+#include "MySQLHandlerFactory.h"
 
 #if defined(__linux__)
 #include <Common/hasLinuxCapability.h>
@@ -725,6 +726,21 @@ int Server::main(const std::vector<std::string> & /*args*/)
                             ErrorCodes::SUPPORT_IS_DISABLED};
 #endif
                 }
+
+                if (config().has("mysql_port"))
+                {
+                    Poco::Net::ServerSocket socket;
+                    auto address = socket_bind_listen(socket, listen_host, config().getInt("mysql_port"), /* secure = */ true);
+                    socket.setReceiveTimeout(Poco::Timespan());
+                    socket.setSendTimeout(settings.send_timeout);
+                    servers.emplace_back(std::make_unique<Poco::Net::TCPServer>(
+                        new MySQLHandlerFactory(*this),
+                        server_pool,
+                        socket,
+                        new Poco::Net::TCPServerParams));
+
+                    LOG_INFO(log, "Listening mysql: " + address.toString());
+                }
             }
             catch (const Poco::Net::NetException & e)
             {
diff --git a/dbms/src/Core/MySQLProtocol.cpp b/dbms/src/Core/MySQLProtocol.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..baa6784fd642062db05dbba30e38993f94f43ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Core/MySQLProtocol.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#include <IO/WriteBuffer.h>
+#include <random>
+#include <sstream>
+
+/// Implementation of MySQL wire protocol
+
+namespace DB {
+namespace MySQLProtocol {
+
+uint64_t readLenenc(std::istringstream &ss) {
+    char c;
+    uint64_t buf = 0;
+    ss.get(c);
+    auto cc = static_cast<uint8_t>(c);
+    if (cc < 0xfc) {
+        return cc;
+    } else if (cc < 0xfd) {
+        ss.read(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&buf), 2);
+    } else if (cc < 0xfe) {
+        ss.read(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&buf), 3);
+    } else {
+        ss.read(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&buf), 8);
+    }
+    return buf;
+}
+
+std::string writeLenenc(uint64_t x) {
+    std::string result;
+    if (x < 251) {
+        result.append(1, static_cast<char>(x));
+    } else if (x < (1 << 16)) {
+        result.append(1, 0xfc);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&x), 2);
+    } else if (x < (1 << 24)) {
+        result.append(1, 0xfd);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&x), 3);
+    } else {
+        result.append(1, 0xfe);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&x), 8);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+void writeLenencStr(std::string &payload, const std::string &s) {
+    payload.append(writeLenenc(s.length()));
+    payload.append(s);
+}
+
+}
+}
diff --git a/dbms/src/Core/MySQLProtocol.h b/dbms/src/Core/MySQLProtocol.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9157a32e96d2205d340718ba4b7393214a4b2b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Core/MySQLProtocol.h
@@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <IO/WriteBuffer.h>
+#include <random>
+#include <sstream>
+
+/// Implementation of MySQL wire protocol
+
+namespace DB {
+namespace MySQLProtocol {
+
+const size_t MAX_PACKET_LENGTH = (1 << 24) - 1; // 16 mb
+const size_t SCRAMBLE_LENGTH = 20;
+const size_t AUTH_PLUGIN_DATA_PART_1_LENGTH = 8;
+const size_t MYSQL_ERRMSG_SIZE = 512;
+
+namespace Authentication {
+    const std::string Native41 = "mysql_native_password";
+}
+
+enum CharacterSet {
+    UTF8 = 33
+};
+
+enum StatusFlags {
+    SERVER_SESSION_STATE_CHANGED = 0x4000
+};
+
+enum Capability {
+    CLIENT_CONNECT_WITH_DB = 0x00000008,
+    CLIENT_PROTOCOL_41 = 0x00000200,
+    CLIENT_TRANSACTIONS = 0x00002000, // TODO
+    CLIENT_SESSION_TRACK = 0x00800000, // TODO
+    CLIENT_SECURE_CONNECTION = 0x00008000,
+    CLIENT_PLUGIN_AUTH_LENENC_CLIENT_DATA = 0x00200000,
+    CLIENT_PLUGIN_AUTH = 0x00080000,
+    CLIENT_DEPRECATE_EOF = 0x01000000,
+};
+
+enum Command {
+    COM_SLEEP = 0x0,
+    COM_QUIT = 0x1,
+    COM_INIT_DB = 0x2,
+    COM_QUERY = 0x3,
+    COM_FIELD_LIST = 0x4,
+    COM_CREATE_DB = 0x5,
+    COM_DROP_DB = 0x6,
+    COM_REFRESH = 0x7,
+    COM_SHUTDOWN = 0x8,
+    COM_STATISTICS = 0x9,
+    COM_PROCESS_INFO = 0xa,
+    COM_CONNECT = 0xb,
+    COM_PROCESS_KILL = 0xc,
+    COM_DEBUG = 0xd,
+    COM_PING = 0xe,
+    COM_TIME = 0xf,
+    COM_DELAYED_INSERT = 0x10,
+    COM_CHANGE_USER = 0x11,
+    COM_RESET_CONNECTION = 0x1f,
+    COM_DAEMON = 0x1d
+};
+
+enum ColumnType {
+    MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL = 0x00,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_TINY = 0x01,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_SHORT = 0x02,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_LONG = 0x03,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_FLOAT = 0x04,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE = 0x05,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_NULL = 0x06,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP = 0x07,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG = 0x08,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_INT24 = 0x09,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_DATE = 0x0a,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_TIME = 0x0b,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME = 0x0c,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_YEAR = 0x0d,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_VARCHAR = 0x0f,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_BIT = 0x10,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_NEWDECIMAL = 0xf6,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_ENUM = 0xf7,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_SET = 0xf8,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_TINY_BLOB = 0xf9,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_MEDIUM_BLOB = 0xfa,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_LONG_BLOB = 0xfb,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_BLOB = 0xfc,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING = 0xfd,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_STRING = 0xfe,
+    MYSQL_TYPE_GEOMETRY = 0xff
+};
+
+uint64_t readLenenc(std::istringstream &ss);
+
+std::string writeLenenc(uint64_t x);
+
+void writeLenencStr(std::string &payload, const std::string &s);
+
+
+class ProtocolError : public DB::Exception {
+public:
+    using Exception::Exception;
+};
+
+
+/// https://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/connection-phase-packets.html
+
+
+class Handshake {
+    int protocol_version = 0xa;
+    std::string server_version;
+    uint32_t connection_id;
+    uint32_t capability_flags;
+    uint8_t character_set;
+    uint32_t status_flags;
+    std::string auth_plugin_data;
+public:
+    explicit Handshake(uint32_t connection_id, std::string server_version)
+        : protocol_version(0xa)
+        , server_version(std::move(server_version))
+        , connection_id(connection_id)
+        , capability_flags(
+            CLIENT_PROTOCOL_41
+            | CLIENT_SECURE_CONNECTION
+            | CLIENT_PLUGIN_AUTH
+            | CLIENT_PLUGIN_AUTH_LENENC_CLIENT_DATA
+            | CLIENT_CONNECT_WITH_DB
+            | CLIENT_DEPRECATE_EOF)
+        , character_set(63)
+        , status_flags(0) {
+        auth_plugin_data.resize(SCRAMBLE_LENGTH);
+
+        auto seed = std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count();
+        std::default_random_engine generator (static_cast<unsigned int>(seed));
+
+        std::uniform_int_distribution<char> distribution(0);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < SCRAMBLE_LENGTH; i++) {
+            auth_plugin_data[i] = distribution(generator);
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::string getPayload() {
+        std::string result;
+        result.append(1, protocol_version);
+        result.append(server_version);
+        result.append(1, 0x0);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&connection_id), 4);
+        result.append(auth_plugin_data.substr(0, AUTH_PLUGIN_DATA_PART_1_LENGTH));
+        result.append(1, 0x0);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&capability_flags), 2);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&character_set), 1);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&status_flags), 2);
+        result.append((reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&capability_flags)) + 2, 2);
+        result.append(1, SCRAMBLE_LENGTH + 1);
+        result.append(1, 0x0);
+        result.append(10, 0x0);
+        result.append(auth_plugin_data.substr(AUTH_PLUGIN_DATA_PART_1_LENGTH, SCRAMBLE_LENGTH - AUTH_PLUGIN_DATA_PART_1_LENGTH));
+        result.append(Authentication::Native41);
+        result.append(1, 0x0);
+        return result;
+    }
+};
+
+class HandshakeResponse {
+public:
+    uint32_t capability_flags;
+    uint32_t max_packet_size;
+    uint8_t character_set;
+    std::string username;
+    std::string auth_response;
+    std::string database;
+    std::string auth_plugin_name;
+
+    void readPayload(const std::string & s) {
+        std::istringstream ss(s);
+
+        ss.readsome(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&capability_flags), 4);
+        ss.readsome(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&max_packet_size), 4);
+        ss.readsome(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&character_set), 1);
+        ss.ignore(23);
+
+        std::getline(ss, username, static_cast<char>(0x0));
+
+        if (capability_flags & CLIENT_PLUGIN_AUTH_LENENC_CLIENT_DATA) {
+            auto len = readLenenc(ss);
+            auth_response.resize(len);
+            ss.read(auth_response.data(), static_cast<std::streamsize>(len));
+        } else if (capability_flags & CLIENT_SECURE_CONNECTION) {
+            uint8_t len;
+            ss.read(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&len), 1);
+            auth_response.resize(len);
+            ss.read(auth_response.data(), len);
+        } else {
+            std::getline(ss, auth_response, static_cast<char>(0x0));
+        }
+
+        if (capability_flags & CLIENT_CONNECT_WITH_DB) {
+            std::getline(ss, database, static_cast<char>(0x0));
+        }
+
+        if (capability_flags & CLIENT_PLUGIN_AUTH) {
+            std::getline(ss, auth_plugin_name, static_cast<char>(0x0));
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+class OK_Packet {
+    uint8_t header;
+    uint32_t capabilities;
+    uint64_t affected_rows;
+    uint64_t last_insert_id;
+    int16_t warnings = 0;
+    uint32_t status_flags;
+    std::string info;
+    std::string session_state_changes;
+public:
+    OK_Packet(uint8_t header, uint32_t capabilities, uint64_t affected_rows, uint64_t last_insert_id, uint32_t status_flags,
+              int16_t warnings, std::string session_state_changes)
+        : header(header)
+        , capabilities(capabilities)
+        , affected_rows(affected_rows)
+        , last_insert_id(last_insert_id)
+        , warnings(warnings)
+        , status_flags(status_flags)
+        , session_state_changes(std::move(session_state_changes))
+    {
+    }
+
+    std::string getPayload() {
+        std::string result;
+        result.append(1, header);
+        result.append(writeLenenc(affected_rows));
+        result.append(writeLenenc(last_insert_id));
+
+        if (capabilities & CLIENT_PROTOCOL_41) {
+            result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&status_flags), 2);
+            result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&warnings), 2);
+        } else if (capabilities & CLIENT_TRANSACTIONS) {
+            result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&status_flags), 2);
+        }
+
+        if (capabilities & CLIENT_SESSION_TRACK) {
+            result.append(writeLenenc(info.length()));
+            result.append(info);
+            if (status_flags & SERVER_SESSION_STATE_CHANGED) {
+                result.append(writeLenenc(session_state_changes.length()));
+                result.append(session_state_changes);
+            }
+        } else {
+            result.append(info);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+};
+
+class EOF_Packet {
+    int warnings;
+    int status_flags;
+public:
+    EOF_Packet(int warnings, int status_flags): warnings(warnings), status_flags(status_flags) {}
+
+    std::string getPayload() {
+        std::string result;
+        result.append(1, 0xfe); // EOF header
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&warnings), 2);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&status_flags), 2);
+        return result;
+    }
+};
+
+class ERR_Packet {
+    int error_code;
+    std::string sql_state;
+    std::string error_message;
+public:
+    ERR_Packet(int error_code, std::string sql_state, std::string error_message)
+        : error_code(error_code)
+        , sql_state(std::move(sql_state))
+        , error_message(std::move(error_message))
+    {
+    }
+
+    std::string getPayload()
+    {
+        std::string result;
+        result.append(1, 0xff);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&error_code), 2);
+        result.append("#", 1);
+        result.append(sql_state.data(), sql_state.length());
+        result.append(error_message.data(), std::min(error_message.length(), MYSQL_ERRMSG_SIZE));
+        return result;
+    }
+};
+
+class ColumnDefinition {
+    std::string schema;
+    std::string table;
+    std::string org_table;
+    std::string name;
+    std::string org_name;
+    size_t next_length = 0x0c;
+    uint16_t character_set;
+    uint32_t column_length;
+    ColumnType column_type;
+    uint16_t flags;
+    uint8_t decimals = 0x00;
+public:
+    explicit ColumnDefinition(
+        std::string schema,
+        std::string table,
+        std::string org_table,
+        std::string name,
+        std::string org_name,
+        uint16_t character_set,
+        uint32_t column_length,
+        ColumnType column_type,
+        uint16_t flags,
+        uint8_t decimals)
+
+        : schema(std::move(schema))
+        , table(std::move(table))
+        , org_table(std::move(org_table))
+        , name(std::move(name))
+        , org_name(std::move(org_name))
+        , character_set(character_set)
+        , column_length(column_length)
+        , column_type(column_type)
+        , flags(flags)
+        , decimals(decimals)
+    {
+    }
+
+    std::string getPayload() {
+        std::string result;
+        writeLenencStr(result, "def"); // always "def"
+        writeLenencStr(result, schema);
+        writeLenencStr(result, table);
+        writeLenencStr(result, org_table);
+        writeLenencStr(result, name);
+        writeLenencStr(result, org_name);
+        result.append(writeLenenc(next_length));
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&character_set), 2);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&column_length), 4);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&column_type), 1);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&flags), 2);
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&decimals), 2);
+        result.append(2, 0x0);
+        return result;
+    }
+};
+
+class ComFieldList {
+public:
+    std::string table, field_wildcard;
+
+    void readPayload(const std::string & payload)
+    {
+        std::istringstream ss(payload);
+        ss.ignore(1); // command byte
+        std::getline(ss, table, static_cast<char>(0x0));
+        field_wildcard = payload.substr(table.length() + 2); // rest of the packet
+    }
+};
+
+
+}
+}