diff --git a/examples/cakephp-mysql.yml b/examples/cakephp-mysql.yml
index 4065d798..0de09cd0 100644
--- a/examples/cakephp-mysql.yml
+++ b/examples/cakephp-mysql.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ jobs:
           # Install memcached if using ext-memcached
           extensions: mbstring, intl, redis, pdo_mysql
           coverage: pcov
+      - name: Start mysql service
+        run: sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
       - name: Get composer cache directory
         id: composer-cache
         run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
diff --git a/examples/laravel-mysql.yml b/examples/laravel-mysql.yml
index 981e3a28..af9c7031 100644
--- a/examples/laravel-mysql.yml
+++ b/examples/laravel-mysql.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
           extensions: mbstring, dom, fileinfo, mysql
           coverage: xdebug #optional
+      - name: Start mysql service
+        run: sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
       - name: Get composer cache directory
         id: composer-cache
         run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
diff --git a/examples/lumen-mysql.yml b/examples/lumen-mysql.yml
index a3cf2572..2c46c32b 100644
--- a/examples/lumen-mysql.yml
+++ b/examples/lumen-mysql.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
           extensions: mbstring, dom, fileinfo, mysql
           coverage: xdebug #optional
+      - name: Start mysql service
+        run: sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
       - name: Get composer cache directory
         id: composer-cache
         run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
diff --git a/examples/phalcon-mysql.yml b/examples/phalcon-mysql.yml
index e422d0db..0e6f8abe 100644
--- a/examples/phalcon-mysql.yml
+++ b/examples/phalcon-mysql.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
           extensions: mbstring, dom, zip, phalcon4, mysql #use phalcon3 for the phalcon 3.x.
           coverage: xdebug #optional
+      - name: Start mysql service
+        run: sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
       - name: Get composer cache directory
         id: composer-cache
         run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
diff --git a/examples/symfony-mysql.yml b/examples/symfony-mysql.yml
index 98ff0fae..56966a82 100644
--- a/examples/symfony-mysql.yml
+++ b/examples/symfony-mysql.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
           extensions: mbstring, xml, ctype, iconv, intl, pdo_sqlite, mysql
           coverage: xdebug #optional
+      - name: Start mysql service
+        run: sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
       - name: Get composer cache directory
         id: composer-cache
         run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
diff --git a/examples/yii2-mysql.yml b/examples/yii2-mysql.yml
index 1f33bd63..e01b5c52 100644
--- a/examples/yii2-mysql.yml
+++ b/examples/yii2-mysql.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ jobs:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
           extensions: mbstring, intl, gd, imagick, zip, dom, mysql
           coverage: xdebug #optional
+      - name: Start mysql service
+        run: sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
       - name: Get composer cache directory
         id: composer-cache
         run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"