diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix
index 41fd1466fd35..ea8842c5695f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-ERw6ypGJfkUwOds5GkdSZeAg/ZIcuXMHwACEqI5NYQQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./mysql-5.7-add-protobuf-3.8+-support.patch
+  ];
+
   preConfigure = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     ln -s /bin/ps $TMPDIR/ps
     export PATH=$PATH:$TMPDIR
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/mysql-5.7-add-protobuf-3.8+-support.patch b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/mysql-5.7-add-protobuf-3.8+-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99c90ebd33bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/mysql-5.7-add-protobuf-3.8+-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/build_configurations/compiler_options.cmake b/cmake/build_configurations/compiler_options.cmake
+index a935227e523..b4ebd61c5c1 100644
+--- a/cmake/build_configurations/compiler_options.cmake
++++ b/cmake/build_configurations/compiler_options.cmake
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ IF(UNIX)
+ 
+   # Default GCC flags
+   IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
+-    SET(COMMON_C_FLAGS "-fabi-version=2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing")
++    SET(COMMON_C_FLAGS "-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing")
+     # Disable inline optimizations for valgrind testing to avoid false positives
+     IF(WITH_VALGRIND)
+       STRING_PREPEND(COMMON_C_FLAGS "-fno-inline ")
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ IF(UNIX)
+     ENDIF()
+   ENDIF()
+   IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+-    SET(COMMON_CXX_FLAGS               "-fabi-version=2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing")
++    SET(COMMON_CXX_FLAGS               "-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing")
+     # GCC 6 has C++14 as default, set it explicitly to the old default.
+     EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -dumpversion
+                     OUTPUT_VARIABLE GXX_VERSION)
+diff --git a/rapid/plugin/x/mysqlxtest_src/mysqlxtest.cc b/rapid/plugin/x/mysqlxtest_src/mysqlxtest.cc
+index 5dc91ba269c..3a45284859f 100644
+--- a/rapid/plugin/x/mysqlxtest_src/mysqlxtest.cc
++++ b/rapid/plugin/x/mysqlxtest_src/mysqlxtest.cc
+@@ -629,12 +629,12 @@ class ErrorDumper : public ::google::protobuf::io::ErrorCollector
+   std::stringstream m_out;
+ 
+ public:
+-  virtual void AddError(int line, int column, const string & message)
++  virtual void AddError(int line, int column, const std::string & message)
+   {
+     m_out << "ERROR in message: line " << line+1 << ": column " << column << ": " << message<<"\n";
+   }
+ 
+-  virtual void AddWarning(int line, int column, const string & message)
++  virtual void AddWarning(int line, int column, const std::string & message)
+   {
+     m_out << "WARNING in message: line " << line+1 << ": column " << column << ": " << message<<"\n";
+   }
+diff --git a/rapid/plugin/x/ngs/include/ngs_common/protocol_protobuf.h b/rapid/plugin/x/ngs/include/ngs_common/protocol_protobuf.h
+index 90f7cc77a39..cf6c607a818 100644
+--- a/rapid/plugin/x/ngs/include/ngs_common/protocol_protobuf.h
++++ b/rapid/plugin/x/ngs/include/ngs_common/protocol_protobuf.h
+@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
+ #include <google/protobuf/io/tokenizer.h>
+ #include <google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream.h>
+ #include <google/protobuf/wire_format_lite.h>
+-#include <google/protobuf/wire_format_lite_inl.h>
+ #include <google/protobuf/dynamic_message.h>
+ 
+ #include "mysqlx_connection.pb.h"
+diff --git a/rapid/plugin/x/ngs/src/protocol_decoder.cc b/rapid/plugin/x/ngs/src/protocol_decoder.cc
+index 298b6a6884c..fae21d18f78 100644
+--- a/rapid/plugin/x/ngs/src/protocol_decoder.cc
++++ b/rapid/plugin/x/ngs/src/protocol_decoder.cc
+@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Error_code Message_decoder::parse(Request &request)
+     google::protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(request.buffer()),
+                                                   static_cast<int>(request.buffer_size()));
+     // variable 'mysqlx_max_allowed_packet' has been checked when buffer was filling by data
+-    stream.SetTotalBytesLimit(static_cast<int>(request.buffer_size()), -1 /*no warnings*/);
++    stream.SetTotalBytesLimit(static_cast<int>(request.buffer_size()));
+     // Protobuf limits the number of nested objects when decoding messages
+     // lets set the value in explicit way (to ensure that is set accordingly with
+     // out stack size)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aff908337054..1cd29f183836 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23621,7 +23621,6 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin) cctools developer_cmds;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
     boost = boost159;
-    protobuf = protobuf3_7;
     openssl = openssl_1_1;
   };