diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/devcontainer/devcontainer_command.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/devcontainer/devcontainer_command.rb
index 63a0839778..53ac3e4699 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/devcontainer/devcontainer_command.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/devcontainer/devcontainer_command.rb
@@ -22,13 +22,18 @@ def perform(*)
         def devcontainer_options
           @devcontainer_options ||= {
             app_name: Rails.application.railtie_name.chomp("_application"),
-            database: !!defined?(ActiveRecord) && ActiveRecord::Base.connection_db_config.adapter,
+            database: !!defined?(ActiveRecord) && database,
             active_storage: !!defined?(ActiveStorage),
             redis: !!(defined?(ActionCable) || defined?(ActiveJob)),
             system_test: File.exist?("test/application_system_test_case.rb"),
             node: File.exist?(".node-version"),
           }
         end
+
+        def database
+          adapter = ActiveRecord::Base.connection_db_config.adapter
+          adapter == "mysql2" ? "mysql" : adapter
+        end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/test/commands/devcontainer_test.rb b/railties/test/commands/devcontainer_test.rb
index f7feeba4e3..88501a26c5 100644
--- a/railties/test/commands/devcontainer_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/commands/devcontainer_test.rb
@@ -20,4 +20,28 @@ class Rails::Command::DevcontainerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_match "system_test: true", output
     assert_match "node: false", output
   end
+
+  test "generates devcontainer for using mysql2 app" do
+    build_app
+
+    Dir.chdir(app_path) do
+      use_mysql2
+
+      output = rails "devcontainer"
+
+      assert_match "app_name: app_template", output
+      assert_match "database: mysql", output
+      assert_match "active_storage: true", output
+      assert_match "redis: true", output
+      assert_match "system_test: true", output
+      assert_match "node: false", output
+
+      assert_match "ghcr.io/rails/devcontainer/features/mysql-client", read_file(".devcontainer/devcontainer.json")
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+    def read_file(relative)
+      File.read(app_path(relative))
+    end
 end