diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/registry/selector/internal/StrategySelectorBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/registry/selector/internal/StrategySelectorBuilder.java
index 8d2e581f98..086a792042 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/registry/selector/internal/StrategySelectorBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/registry/selector/internal/StrategySelectorBuilder.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.hibernate.dialect.MimerSQLDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL57Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL57InnoDBDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL8Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect;
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ private void addDialects(StrategySelectorImpl strategySelector) {
 		addDialect( strategySelector, MySQL5InnoDBDialect.class );
 		addDialect( strategySelector, MySQL57InnoDBDialect.class );
 		addDialect( strategySelector, MySQL57Dialect.class );
+		addDialect( strategySelector, MySQL8Dialect.class );
 		addDialect( strategySelector, Oracle8iDialect.class );
 		addDialect( strategySelector, Oracle9iDialect.class );
 		addDialect( strategySelector, Oracle10gDialect.class );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Database.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Database.java
index 169e572794..223650f4aa 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Database.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Database.java
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ public Dialect resolveDialect(DialectResolutionInfo info) {
 	MYSQL {
 		@Override
 		public Class<? extends Dialect> latestDialect() {
-			return MySQL57Dialect.class;
+			return MySQL8Dialect.class;
 		}
 
 		@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/dialect/resolver/DialectFactoryTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/dialect/resolver/DialectFactoryTest.java
index faff777c0f..a0cb13fccc 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/dialect/resolver/DialectFactoryTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/dialect/resolver/DialectFactoryTest.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public void testPreregisteredDialects() {
 		testDetermination( "MySQL", 5, 5, MySQL55Dialect.class, resolver );
 		testDetermination( "MySQL", 5, 6, MySQL55Dialect.class, resolver );
 		testDetermination( "MySQL", 5, 7, MySQL57Dialect.class, resolver );
-		testDetermination( "MySQL", 8, 0, MySQL57Dialect.class, resolver );
+		testDetermination( "MySQL", 8, 0, MySQL8Dialect.class, resolver );
 		testDetermination( "MariaDB", "MariaDB connector/J", 10, 3, MariaDB103Dialect.class, resolver );
 		testDetermination( "MariaDB", "MariaDB connector/J", 10, 2, MariaDB102Dialect.class, resolver );
 		testDetermination( "MariaDB", "MariaDB connector/J", 10, 1, MariaDB10Dialect.class, resolver );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/dialect/internal/StandardDialectResolverTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/dialect/internal/StandardDialectResolverTest.java
index f88414996d..ceb6416c5f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/dialect/internal/StandardDialectResolverTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/dialect/internal/StandardDialectResolverTest.java
@@ -126,12 +126,27 @@ public void testResolveDialectInternalForMariaDB52() throws SQLException {
 		runMariaDBDialectTest( 5, 2, MariaDBDialect.class );
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testResolveDialectInternalForMySQL57() throws SQLException {
+		runMySQLDialectTest( 5, 7, MySQL57Dialect.class );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testResolveDialectInternalForMySQL8() throws SQLException {
+		runMySQLDialectTest( 8, 0, MySQL8Dialect.class );
+	}
+
 	private static void runMariaDBDialectTest(
 			int majorVersion, int minorVersion, Class<? extends MariaDBDialect> expectedDialect)
 			throws SQLException {
 		runDialectTest( "MariaDB", "MariaDB connector/J", majorVersion, minorVersion, expectedDialect );
 	}
 
+	private static void runMySQLDialectTest(
+			int majorVersion, int minorVersion, Class<? extends MySQLDialect> expectedDialect)
+			throws SQLException {
+		runDialectTest( "MySQL", "MySQL connector/J", majorVersion, minorVersion, expectedDialect );
+	}
 
 	private static void runSQLServerDialectTest(
 			int version, Class<? extends SQLServerDialect> expectedDialect)