diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/helpers/mysql-service-helper.sh b/images/linux/scripts/helpers/mysql-service-helper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f09e0db5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/helpers/mysql-service-helper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Temporary fix for the https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/4732 issue
+# Taken from the official ubuntu:20.04 docker container
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          mysql
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
+# Should-Start:      $network $time
+# Should-Stop:       $network $time
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Start and stop the mysql database server daemon
+# Description:       Controls the main MySQL database server daemon "mysqld"
+#                    and its wrapper script "mysqld_safe".
+### END INIT INFO
+#
+set -e
+set -u
+${DEBIAN_SCRIPT_DEBUG:+ set -v -x}
+
+test -x /usr/bin/mysqld_safe || exit 0
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+SELF=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd -P)/$(basename $0)
+CONF=/etc/mysql/my.cnf
+MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
+
+# priority can be overriden and "-s" adds output to stderr
+ERR_LOGGER="logger -p daemon.err -t /etc/init.d/mysql -i"
+
+# Safeguard (relative paths, core dumps..)
+cd /
+umask 077
+
+# mysqladmin likes to read /root/.my.cnf. This is usually not what I want
+# as many admins e.g. only store a password without a username there and
+# so break my scripts.
+export HOME=/etc/mysql/
+
+## Fetch a particular option from mysql's invocation.
+#
+# Usage: void mysqld_get_param option
+mysqld_get_param() {
+	/usr/sbin/mysqld --print-defaults \
+		| tr " " "\n" \
+		| grep -- "--$1" \
+		| tail -n 1 \
+		| cut -d= -f2
+}
+
+## Do some sanity checks before even trying to start mysqld.
+sanity_checks() {
+  # check for config file
+  if [ ! -r /etc/mysql/my.cnf ]; then
+    log_warning_msg "$0: WARNING: /etc/mysql/my.cnf cannot be read. See README.Debian.gz"
+    echo                "WARNING: /etc/mysql/my.cnf cannot be read. See README.Debian.gz" | $ERR_LOGGER
+  fi
+
+  # check for diskspace shortage
+  datadir=`mysqld_get_param datadir`
+  if LC_ALL=C BLOCKSIZE= df --portability $datadir/. | tail -n 1 | awk '{ exit ($4>4096) }'; then
+    log_failure_msg "$0: ERROR: The partition with $datadir is too full!"
+    echo                "ERROR: The partition with $datadir is too full!" | $ERR_LOGGER
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+## Checks if there is a server running and if so if it is accessible.
+#
+# check_alive insists on a pingable server
+# check_dead also fails if there is a lost mysqld in the process list
+#
+# Usage: boolean mysqld_status [check_alive|check_dead] [warn|nowarn]
+mysqld_status () {
+    ping_output=`$MYADMIN ping 2>&1`; ping_alive=$(( ! $? ))
+
+    ps_alive=0
+    pidfile=`mysqld_get_param pid-file`
+    if [ -f "$pidfile" ] && ps `cat $pidfile` >/dev/null 2>&1; then ps_alive=1; fi
+    
+    if [ "$1" = "check_alive"  -a  $ping_alive = 1 ] ||
+       [ "$1" = "check_dead"   -a  $ping_alive = 0  -a  $ps_alive = 0 ]; then
+	return 0 # EXIT_SUCCESS
+    else
+  	if [ "$2" = "warn" ]; then
+  	    echo -e "$ps_alive processes alive and '$MYADMIN ping' resulted in\n$ping_output\n" | $ERR_LOGGER -p daemon.debug
+	fi
+  	return 1 # EXIT_FAILURE
+    fi
+}
+
+#
+# main()
+#
+
+case "${1:-''}" in
+  'start')
+	sanity_checks;
+	# Start daemon
+	log_daemon_msg "Starting MySQL database server" "mysqld"
+	if mysqld_status check_alive nowarn; then
+	   log_progress_msg "already running"
+	   log_end_msg 0
+	else
+	    # Could be removed during boot
+	    test -e /var/run/mysqld || install -m 755 -o mysql -g root -d /var/run/mysqld
+
+	    # Start MySQL! 
+  	    su - mysql -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/mysqld_safe > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
+
+	    # 6s was reported in #352070 to be too few when using ndbcluster
+	    # 14s was reported in #736452 to be too few with large installs
+	    for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+                sleep 1
+	        if mysqld_status check_alive nowarn ; then break; fi
+		log_progress_msg "."
+	    done
+	    if mysqld_status check_alive warn; then
+                log_end_msg 0
+	        # Now start mysqlcheck or whatever the admin wants.
+	        output=$(/etc/mysql/debian-start)
+		[ -n "$output" ] && log_action_msg "$output"
+	    else
+	        log_end_msg 1
+		log_failure_msg "Please take a look at the syslog"
+	    fi
+	fi
+	;;
+
+  'stop')
+	# * As a passwordless mysqladmin (e.g. via ~/.my.cnf) must be possible
+	# at least for cron, we can rely on it here, too. (although we have 
+	# to specify it explicit as e.g. sudo environments points to the normal
+	# users home and not /root)
+	log_daemon_msg "Stopping MySQL database server" "mysqld"
+	if ! mysqld_status check_dead nowarn; then
+	  set +e
+	  shutdown_out=`$MYADMIN shutdown 2>&1`; r=$?
+	  set -e
+	  if [ "$r" -ne 0 ]; then
+	    log_end_msg 1
+	    [ "$VERBOSE" != "no" ] && log_failure_msg "Error: $shutdown_out"
+	    log_daemon_msg "Killing MySQL database server by signal" "mysqld"
+	    killall -15 mysqld
+            server_down=
+	    for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
+              sleep 1
+              if mysqld_status check_dead nowarn; then server_down=1; break; fi
+            done
+          if test -z "$server_down"; then killall -9 mysqld; fi
+	  fi
+        fi
+
+        if ! mysqld_status check_dead warn; then
+	  log_end_msg 1
+	  log_failure_msg "Please stop MySQL manually and read /usr/share/doc/mysql-server-5.7/README.Debian.gz!"
+	  exit -1
+	else
+	  log_end_msg 0
+        fi
+	;;
+
+  'restart')
+	set +e; $SELF stop; set -e
+	$SELF start 
+	;;
+
+  'reload'|'force-reload')
+  	log_daemon_msg "Reloading MySQL database server" "mysqld"
+	$MYADMIN reload
+	log_end_msg 0
+	;;
+
+  'status')
+	if mysqld_status check_alive nowarn; then
+	  log_action_msg "$($MYADMIN version)"
+	else
+	  log_action_msg "MySQL is stopped."
+	  exit 3
+	fi
+  	;;
+
+  *)
+	echo "Usage: $SELF start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status"
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+# Some success paths end up returning non-zero so exit 0 explicitly. See
+# bug #739846.
+exit 0
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/mysql.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/mysql.sh
index e0f012aff..c5029c1f6 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/mysql.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/mysql.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ if isUbuntu20 ; then
         dpkg -i $package
     done
 
+    # Install the /etc/init.d/mysql script for backward compatibility with sysVinit
+    cp $HELPER_SCRIPTS/mysql-service-helper.sh /etc/init.d/mysql
+    # Fix permission
+    chmod 755 /etc/init.d/mysql
+
     # Start mysql to change its settings
     systemctl start mysql.service
     # Enable mysql log-in without sudo by activation of the mysql_native_password plugin
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/tests/Databases.Tests.ps1 b/images/linux/scripts/tests/Databases.Tests.ps1
index f80dab5c0..79e6cb999 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/tests/Databases.Tests.ps1
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/tests/Databases.Tests.ps1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Describe "PostgreSQL" {
     It "PostgreSQL Service" {
         "sudo systemctl start postgresql" | Should -ReturnZeroExitCode
         (Get-CommandResult "pg_isready").Output | Should -Be "/var/run/postgresql:5432 - accepting connections"
-        "sudo systemctl stop postgresql" | Should -ReturnZeroExitCode 
+        "sudo systemctl stop postgresql" | Should -ReturnZeroExitCode
     }
 
     It "PostgreSQL version should correspond to the version in the toolset" {
@@ -36,4 +36,11 @@ Describe "MySQL" {
         "sudo mysql -vvv -e 'DROP DATABASE smoke_test' -uroot -proot" | Should -ReturnZeroExitCode
         "sudo systemctl stop mysql" | Should -ReturnZeroExitCode
     }
+
+    It "MySQL sysVinit script works" {
+        sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start | Out-Null
+        systemctl is-active mysql | Should -Be "active"
+        sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop | Out-Null
+        systemctl is-active mysql | Should -Be "inactive"
+    }
 }