diff -aruN python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/patches/mysql-5.7.patch ../python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/patches/mysql-5.7.patch
--- python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/patches/mysql-5.7.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ ../python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/patches/mysql-5.7.patch	2016-06-16 12:17:51.113844561 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Description: Fix tests for MySQL 5.7
+ The test for issue 363 expects a warning from MySQL 5.7, but only if
+ python is version 3.2 or greater. However, this warning is also received
+ in version 2.7, causing the test to fail. Removed python version check
+Author: Lars Tangvald <lars.tangvald@oracle.com>
+Bug: https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/issues/478
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1592664
+Forwarded: no
+Last-Update: 2016-06-28
+
+--- python-pymysql-0.7.4.orig/pymysql/tests/test_issues.py
++++ python-pymysql-0.7.4/pymysql/tests/test_issues.py
+@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class TestGitHubIssues(base.PyMySQLTestC
+ 
+         # select WKT
+         query = "SELECT AsText(geom) FROM issue363"
+-        if sys.version_info[0:2] >= (3,2) and self.mysql_server_is(conn, (5, 7, 0)):
++        if self.mysql_server_is(conn, (5, 7, 0)):
+             with self.assertWarns(pymysql.err.Warning) as cm:
+                 cur.execute(query)
+         else:
+@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ class TestGitHubIssues(base.PyMySQLTestC
+ 
+         # select WKB
+         query = "SELECT AsBinary(geom) FROM issue363"
+-        if sys.version_info[0:2] >= (3,2) and self.mysql_server_is(conn, (5, 7, 0)):
++        if self.mysql_server_is(conn, (5, 7, 0)):
+             with self.assertWarns(pymysql.err.Warning) as cm:
+                 cur.execute(query)
+         else:
diff -aruN python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/patches/series ../python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/patches/series
--- python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/patches/series	2016-05-31 22:25:02.000000000 +0200
+++ ../python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/patches/series	2016-06-16 11:47:19.393779618 +0200
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 skip_not_working_tests.patch
 remove_useless_sphinx_modules.patch
+mysql-5.7.patch
diff -aruN python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/run_tests.sh ../python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/run_tests.sh
--- python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/run_tests.sh	2016-03-06 00:39:22.000000000 +0100
+++ ../python-pymysql-0.7.4/debian/run_tests.sh	2016-06-16 11:43:35.885771694 +0200
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 ME=`whoami`
 
 # --force is needed because buildd's can't resolve their own hostnames to ips
-mysql_install_db --no-defaults --datadir=${MYTEMP_DIR} --force --skip-name-resolve --user=${ME}
-/usr/sbin/mysqld --no-defaults --skip-grant --user=${ME} --socket=${MYTEMP_DIR}/mysql.sock --datadir=${MYTEMP_DIR} --skip-networking &
+mysql_install_db --no-defaults --datadir=${MYTEMP_DIR} --insecure --basedir=/usr --user=${ME}
+/usr/sbin/mysqld --no-defaults --user=${ME} --socket=${MYTEMP_DIR}/mysql.sock --datadir=${MYTEMP_DIR} --skip-networking &
 
 # This sets the path of the MySQL socket for any libmysql-client users, which includes
 # the ./tests/test_dbi client