diff --git a/setup/base_external_dbsource_mysql/setup.py b/setup/base_external_dbsource_mysql/setup.py
index 3ce7cc6e..73c563ff 100644
--- a/setup/base_external_dbsource_mysql/setup.py
+++ b/setup/base_external_dbsource_mysql/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
     odoo_addon={
         'external_dependencies_override': {
             'python': {
-                'MySQLdb': 'mysqlclient',
+                'MySQLdb': 'mysqlclient==2.0.1',
             }
         },
     }